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Does a 1962 Thai Baht contain any silver?

furiouspetefuriouspete Posts: 46
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Im having a hard time finding the silver content for a 1962 Thai Baht (if any). If someone could help that would be great. Thanks

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  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    A 1962 Baht from Thailand, #Y84 has a copper-nickel composition with a mintage of 883,086,000 for the years 1962-1982, figure is a total.

    UNC value from 32nd Krause edition is $.50.
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  • furiouspetefuriouspete Posts: 46
    Thank you very much. I inherited a small bag of them and was trying to figure out if they were worth keeping.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,701 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's pretty common and unlikely to be much in the near future.

    It appears that later mintages tended to be lower quality and saved in a little greater
    numbers as the bhat lost value to inflation. Most of the nice ones seen were produced
    earlier and are probably worth setting aside in no question unc.

    Krause lists all the modern cu/ ni Thai coins as being common and they are not. It's tough
    to tell the wheat from the chaffe but there are at least a few better coins in this bunch.
    Tempus fugit.
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