Help Identifying Coin

My wife bought a silver coin in a blue case from a UK market stall earlier
this
week.

It has no english writing on it whatsoever, it all appears to be either
eastern european or arabic.

On one side there is a 3 pointed dagger, on the other two male heads, one of
whom is wearing glasses.

The case has a gold phoenix type bird on it, and inside there is a word
written in the unidentifiable language, underneath is written Treasury
Department.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Dan L

That's not enough to go on. Can you post a scan or a photo on
alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic?

Tony

"Oldbloke" wrote in message
...
My wife bought a silver coin in a blue case from a UK market stall earlier
this
week.

It has no english writing on it whatsoever, it all appears to be either
eastern european or arabic.

On one side there is a 3 pointed dagger, on the other two male heads, one
of
whom is wearing glasses.

The case has a gold phoenix type bird on it, and inside there is a word
written in the unidentifiable language, underneath is written Treasury
Department.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Dan L

"Oldbloke" wrote in message

My wife bought a silver coin in a blue case from a UK market stall
earlier this
week.

It has no english writing on it whatsoever, it all appears to be
either eastern european or arabic.

On one side there is a 3 pointed dagger, on the other two male heads,
one of whom is wearing glasses.

The case has a gold phoenix type bird on it, and inside there is a
word written in the unidentifiable language, underneath is written
Treasury Department.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Dan L

My guess would be a 600 Baht coin from Thailand (Y#150) dated BE2525 (1982)
and commemorating the Bicentennial of Bangkok. However, as Tony said, we
would have to see a pic or scan to tell for sure.

--
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~
Ed Hendricks
ANA# R178621
"Life is a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can
only spend it once!"

Ed Hendricks wrote:
My wife bought a silver coin in a blue case from a UK market stall
earlier this
week.

It has no english writing on it whatsoever, it all appears to be
either eastern european or arabic.

On one side there is a 3 pointed dagger, on the other two male heads,
one of whom is wearing glasses.

The case has a gold phoenix type bird on it, and inside there is a
word written in the unidentifiable language, underneath is written
Treasury Department.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Dan L

My guess would be a 600 Baht coin from Thailand (Y#150) dated BE2525
(1982) and commemorating the Bicentennial of Bangkok. However, as
Tony said, we would have to see a pic or scan to tell for sure.

Spot on, we managed to track it down this morning with some lateral
Googling.

Any idea of it's value?

--
Dan L

DOH!

"Oldbloke" wrote in message
...
My wife bought a silver coin in a blue case from a UK market stall earlier
this
week.

It has no english writing on it whatsoever, it all appears to be either
eastern european or arabic.

On one side there is a 3 pointed dagger, on the other two male heads, one
of
whom is wearing glasses.

The case has a gold phoenix type bird on it, and inside there is a word
written in the unidentifiable language, underneath is written Treasury
Department.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Dan L

"Oldbloke" wrote in message

Ed Hendricks wrote:
My wife bought a silver coin in a blue case from a UK market stall
earlier this
week.

It has no english writing on it whatsoever, it all appears to be
either eastern european or arabic.

On one side there is a 3 pointed dagger, on the other two male
heads, one of whom is wearing glasses.

The case has a gold phoenix type bird on it, and inside there is a
word written in the unidentifiable language, underneath is written
Treasury Department.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Dan L

My guess would be a 600 Baht coin from Thailand (Y#150) dated BE2525
(1982) and commemorating the Bicentennial of Bangkok. However, as
Tony said, we would have to see a pic or scan to tell for sure.

Spot on, we managed to track it down this morning with some lateral
Googling.

Any idea of it's value?

--
Dan L

Depends on the condition, of course. The current SCWC lists the value at XF
= $20 and Unc = $30. These are retail values, of course, actual market
value would depend on the demand for the coin. My experience has been that
Thai coins are not in high demand by the average collector of World coins.
The coin contains .6543 oz of .925 silver so, if all else fails, its spot
silver value is about $4.50. :-)

--
©¿©¬
~
Ed Hendricks
ANA# R178621
"Life is a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you can
only spend it once!"

Mame wrote:
DOH!

A deer?

A female deer?

--
Dan L

Ed Hendricks wrote:
"Oldbloke" wrote in message

Ed Hendricks wrote:
My wife bought a silver coin in a blue case from a UK market stall
earlier this
week.

It has no english writing on it whatsoever, it all appears to be
either eastern european or arabic.

On one side there is a 3 pointed dagger, on the other two male
heads, one of whom is wearing glasses.

The case has a gold phoenix type bird on it, and inside there is a
word written in the unidentifiable language, underneath is written
Treasury Department.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Dan L

My guess would be a 600 Baht coin from Thailand (Y#150) dated BE2525
(1982) and commemorating the Bicentennial of Bangkok. However, as
Tony said, we would have to see a pic or scan to tell for sure.

Spot on, we managed to track it down this morning with some lateral
Googling.

Any idea of it's value?

--
Dan L

Depends on the condition, of course. The current SCWC lists the
value at XF = $20 and Unc = $30. These are retail values, of course,
actual market value would depend on the demand for the coin. My
experience has been that Thai coins are not in high demand by the
average collector of World coins. The coin contains .6543 oz of .925
silver so, if all else fails, its spot silver value is about $4.50.
:-)

Cheers Ed, your help has been much appreciated. I reckon we'll probably keep
it for posterity, as it's quite attractive, particularly with the case
featuring Garuda (thanks also Mame).

--
Dan L