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Thai "Baht" bullion bars. Cool / not cool?

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The Baht is the currency of Thailand, but is also the unit of measure common to southeast Asian metals trading. A Baht is equal to about a 1/2 ounce. These are 23k 10-baht bars. Not mine, currently for sale on eBay. Cool or not cool?

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  • clouisejewelersclouisejewelers Posts: 329 ✭✭
    I like them and own some Thai Baht jewelry. They won't be as liquid as 1 ounce coins but that also means you should get them for a lower premium.
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd like them if they were 999 and said the weight/purity/material in English.
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'd like them if they were 999 and said the weight/purity/material in English. >>



    But isn't that part of their "charm", or coolness? Truth be told, I don't trust this seller. But that is a legit mfg of gold baht bars, whether these are genuine or not.

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I like them and own some Thai Baht jewelry. They won't be as liquid as 1 ounce coins but that also means you should get them for a lower premium. >>



    Here's my baht chain. 24k, custom made for me by Vietnamese jewelers four years ago next Wednesday. The gold was from a kilo bar. I paid $1120 delivered. Not a bad return on investment!

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    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,038 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>But isn't that part of their "charm", or coolness? >>

    Not for me image

    Hey Weiss, what did you do with the other 937.7 grams from the donor bar?



  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>But isn't that part of their "charm", or coolness? >>

    Not for me image

    Hey Weiss, what did you do with the other 937.7 grams from the donor bar? >>



    You'll have to ask the jewelers. They said they typically use maple leafs, but they had a kilo bar they'd been drawing off of during this period of time.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,038 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>But isn't that part of their "charm", or coolness? >>

    Not for me image

    Hey Weiss, what did you do with the other 937.7 grams from the donor bar? >>



    You'll have to ask the jewelers. They said they typically use maple leafs, but they had a kilo bar they'd been drawing off of during this period of time. >>

    Oh, my bad. I thought you meant it was a Kilo bar you supplied them with image
  • clouisejewelersclouisejewelers Posts: 329 ✭✭
    Weiss, I am wearing an almost identical chain around my neck right now. It is the same style, but mine is Thai, 23K, and weighs the same 62.4 grams(4 baht).
  • mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    "Cool or not cool?"

    Cool
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,631 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pretty cool. image
    Tempus fugit.
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