Anyone know what this foreign coin is?

[planejet42]

I picked up this foreign coin at a garage sail today, I have no clue where it is from or the composition although it looks like silver.
If anyone knows anything about it could you please tell me? Thanks.

 

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[ivan salis]

its a thailand coin -- if memory serves me correctly

 

[taz42o]

One-baht coin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[sagittarius98]

It is a Thai 1 baht from 1957. It is made from a mixture of copper, nickel, silver, and zinc (possibly the weirdest combination ever!)

 

[planejet42]

Thanks! How much silver? Do you know what it is worth in this condition?

 

[mick56]

One on eBay recently sold for one dollar.

1957 Thailand 1 Baht Coin | eBay

 

[planejet42]

Oh, man it's worthless. Thanks for the help!

 

[Talon]

Neat looking coin though!

 

[Dihren]

Mind sayin how much you payed for it?

 

[planejet42]

I got it at a garage sale. $6 for a Franklin half, a coin from the USSR, a south african silver coin and this one.

 

[DarioMontesdeOca]

I got it at a garage sale. $6 for a Franklin half, a coin from the USSR, a south african silver coin and this one.

Cool finds, you mind revealing what african silver coin you found? The Franklins are going for about $12.50 right now so not a bad deal!
1948-1963 Franklin Silver Half Dollar Melt Value - Coinflation

 

[planejet42]

It was a South African 2 1/2 cent silver coin.

 

[DarioMontesdeOca]

It was a South African 2 1/2 cent silver coin.

Cool

 

[sagittarius98]

What was the year and denomination of the USSR coin?

 

[Jarl]

No coin is truly 'worthless'. Even if they can't be used anymore, they still are works of art, peculiar statements in their own right and fractional pieces of history. Often they are an abandoned lot but always seem to exact curiosity and an eventual conversation, which is priceless. Keep it.

 

[TimC]

History can have many faces. Good find! You are the owner of a piece of history.

 

[planejet42]

I'm too lazy to take it out of the safe.. lol. I believe it was an early 1960s 5 kopek.

 

[planejet42]

Wise words my friend.

 

[sagittarius98]

I'm too lazy to take it out of the safe.. lol. I believe it was an early 1960s 5 kopek.

Many of those have $20+ values even in F condition, so it may be worth taking out of the safe. If your South African coin is from 1962 or 1964, they are worth $2 in VF condition. 1962- 8,745 minted, 1964- 14K minted

 

[planejet42]

I didn't know the Russian coin was worth that much. The day I got the African coin I traded it for two mercury dimes. lol

Many of those have $20+ values even in F condition, so it may be worth taking out of the safe. If your South African coin is from 1962 or 1964, they are worth $2 in VF condition. 1962- 8,745 minted, 1964- 14K minted