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Explain Thai gold-baht units, conversion caveats, and why the national GTA quote should stay in THB per baht-weight.
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2026-05-11 updated
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Thai Gold Units and Baht-Weight.
Thai gold pricing needs baht-weight, salung, purity, and THB-per-unit clarity kept separate from global ounce-based gold commentary.
Published Thai retail reference
Thai gold unit reference
THB per 1 baht-weight of 96.5% Thai gold
Gold bar sell: ฿70,500. Gold bar buy: ฿70,300. Reference price is national; local shop variation comes from spread, workmanship, receipt detail, and buyback terms.
฿70,500 bar sell
฿70,300 bar buy
15 May 2026, 17:09 Bangkok time
- 1 baht-weight = 15.244g
- 1 salung = 0.25 baht-weight
- Thai shops quote in THB per baht-weight
- Baht-weight is a gold weight unit, not ฿1 currency.
- Thai 96.5% domestic gold is not the same unit or purity as raw USD per troy ounce benchmarks.
- Ornament pricing can include workmanship or premium.
Thai gold units
Keep the Thai retail quote in baht-weight first. Grams and ounces are derived comparison views, not the native Thai retail label.
| Unit | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 baht-weight | 15.244g of Thai gold-bar weight. |
| 1 salung | 0.25 baht-weight. |
| THB per baht-weight | The clearest label for the Thai retail reference quote. |
| Grams / troy ounces | Useful for comparison only after purity, FX, and unit differences are explained. |
Bar versus ornament
Mirror the Thai market split instead of collapsing everything into one generic gold price.
| Type | What it means |
|---|---|
| Gold bar 96.5% | Cleaner national retail reference closest to the published GTA buy and sell spread. |
| Ornament base 96.5% | Published ornament-side base or tax-base context before shop-specific workmanship and buyback details. |
| Ornament sell 96.5% | Published ornament sell quote before local workmanship or premium is added. |
| Buy price / รับซื้อ | What a shop may pay when buying back gold under its own rules. |
| Sell price / ขายออก | What a shop charges when selling gold to a customer. |
Why the Thai quote moved
Published GTA USD/THB context shows USD/THB around 32.64, intraday quote change +50 THB, and previous-day change -1,450 THB. GTA spot reference is 4,558. This is pricing context, not investment advice.
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| Field | Answer |
|---|---|
| Page type | gold units |
| Primary use | Explain Thai gold-baht units, conversion caveats, and why the national GTA quote should stay in THB per baht-weight. |
| Updated | 2026-05-11 |
| Core caveat | baht-weight is not baht currency |
- unit explainers
- widget labels
- traveler clarity
- conversion caveats
- baht-weight is not baht currency
- gram and ounce views should stay derived and secondary
- purity assumptions matter before conversion
- Gold Traders Association
- TFEX Gold Futures
- Bank of Thailand API
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Material, purity/species/variety, Thai gold-baht or carat unit, price type, timestamp, HS code, trade direction, country partner, lab report number, treatment/origin, company ID, shop/market coordinates, standard/regulation, source URL, confidence, and last verified date.
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