Silver Shopping in Bangkok

Today our family went to a silver shop called Bakhtar Co, Ltd. My brother Taylor, Dad and I are very fond of silver. The day before my Dad and I went to see if there were any silver shops by our hotel. The first one we found was the Bakhtar Co, Ltd. and it looked cool so we decided to walk in.

We asked the lady who worked there"do you have any silver coins?" The she responded "yes" and pulled out three bowls of Persian coins! My Dad and I were shocked at all the coins in front of us. We started to look through them slowly because there were cool markings and dates on the coins. Then the owner's son came over to assist the worker. After looking for 30 minutes my Dad said we would come back tomorrow with Taylor.

Our bag of loot.

The next day we returned with the whole family. Instead of the owner's son it was the owner who helped us. We asked for coins again and this time he brought out the Persian coins plus ancient coins from Jerusalem and Alexandria!

My brother Taylor was in shock because he loves silver, coins, and old history. My Dad, Taylor, and I were asking questions left and right about the history of all the coins. Thankfully the owner studies the languages on the coins and his family has been selling historic artifacts for over seventy years. Finally, we made a deal. My Dad bought two Alexandria coins, three Tibetan coins, six square silver trading beads from Tibet, five Persian coins and two Jewish coins.

We were so excited.

Shopping is fun but it can also be a dangerous game in a foreign country. Sometimes you don't know if you are buying something that is real or fake because they may say something that's not true. But in this case we knew that the silver was real because it was tarnished from old age.