What is a gold coin with a man wearing glasses facing to the left on one side and his hair is in a side part and where the other side has what looks to be a temple and it's all in a foreign language?

Sounds like a Thailand coin. The spiral is the symbol for 1 number

- so is probably a 1 Baht coin.

I looked though 395 Thailand coins and only this fits the boat and spiral ...

Size 25mm 1 Baht 1977 (2520) Copper-nickel Y# 110

Their date 2520 is our 1977 date. The Y# is a coin catalogue number.