Any ideas on origin of this odd coin or any ideas at all?
andonf
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Thailand coin probably 1 baht.
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It's a pretty beat up coin from Thailand
Thailand. No numismatic value in that condition.
Given it's in that poor state, it's probably made of tin. Thailand is a tin-producing country and used pure tin for several low-denomination coins up until the 1960s. Tin is a terrible metal to make coins from, because they tend to look, well, like this coin, even after just a short time in circulation. But Thailand used it because it was cheap and readily available - plus there was a South-east Asian tradition of using tin objects for money, dating from before regular European contact with the region.
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