I Could Use Some Help Figuring This One Out | Indochina Tael

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Napoleon31ft Pillar of the Community United States 528 Posts	Posted 06/03/2010 4:06 pm Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Namachieli Pillar of the Community United States 2120 Posts	Posted 06/03/2010 4:21 pm Looks token-esq to me... But what do I know, I cant read... uh... whatever that is. Report this Post to the Staff
nod2003 Pillar of the Community United States 3294 Posts	Posted 06/03/2010 4:32 pm Looks kind of like someone throwing a computer for a field goal at Lambeau field. Report this Post to the Staff
Namachieli Pillar of the Community United States 2120 Posts	Posted 06/03/2010 4:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff
L1011 Valued Member United States 300 Posts	Posted 06/03/2010 8:40 pm my WAG would be either Thai or Lao coins Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16872 Posts	Posted 06/03/2010 9:04 pm Quote: my WAG would be either Thai or Lao coins It is indeed. it's one of these bullion coins. Krause has had difficulty pinning down exactly where they come from; I believe the latest theory is still the one I said in that old thread, that they were made during WWII by Vichy France for use in Indochina. You have two different denominations there; the one on the left is a half-tael, the one on the right is a 1 tael. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 06/03/2010 9:09 pm IF these are real coins, they are more like silver rounds. The left one in the paper flip says 1/2 tael of standard silver (which could be .999 finess) and the other one says 1 tael of standard silver. Tap it to see if they are really silver. **Arrrgh beat me to it sap! I had the window open for too long :D So what would be the writing above the Chinese be? Is it Burmese? Edited by wd1040 06/03/2010 9:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16872 Posts	Posted 06/04/2010 02:09 am According to Krause, the non-Chinese script across the top is the denomination written in Laotian. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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