The Currency

On the beach here on Ko Phayam, there are the smallest sand dollars. Since we are not in the U.S., and our currency is called the dollar, I decided I must rename the sand dollar. Here, we call it sand baht.

This is a photo of the great sand baht I found yesterday morning. They are next to real Thai baht. The 10 baht piece (silver with gold) is about the size of a quarter (but thicker), so you can get an idea of the size of the sand baht.

The intersting thing about their paper currency is that each denomination is different colors and the smaller the amount, the smaller the width of the paper. The only thing missing from this photo is the 50 baht bill. Didn't have a single one to my name at the time of the photo.