Baht which looks just like €2 circulating

Thailand’s ten baht coin looks strikingly similar to the two euro coin – a fact which many have been taking advantage of.

The Thai coin is being used pay for things in France and it even works in vending machines and parking meters. As people returned from holidays in Thailand over the winter it appears many deliberately brought the ten baht coins back with them to use as two euro coins in France, meaning several baht coins are now in circulation.

Sadly, for those on the receiving end of this con, ten baht is worth just 0.026 of a euro, barely more than two cents.

It is easy to mistake the two coins. Both have virtually the same diameter, thickness and two-metal design. The main difference is how much each will allow you to buy.

Some may remember a similar trick during the era of the franc – when the franc-resembling Uruguayan peso was used to pay at parking meters.