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unusualcoin New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 06/04/2012 12:32 pm This coin was found in the mid 70's and is slightly bigger than a silver eagele. The metal is soft because it dented when it was dropped. Does anyone have any idea where it's from? Report this Post to the Staff

unusualcoin New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 06/04/2012 12:37 pm Here are the pictures Report this Post to the Staff
cc99999 Pillar of the Community United States 1302 Posts	Posted 06/04/2012 1:11 pm the smaller image has what i'd need to tell. it looks like it's in Tagolog- which would make this a Thai coin. Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 06/04/2012 1:45 pm Tagalog = Filipino not Thai. But Thailand was my first thought on this one. Edited by amida17 06/04/2012 1:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff
unusualcoin New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 06/04/2012 1:50 pm I had to make it smaller so I will have to take a better picture tonight and post it tomorrow Report this Post to the Staff
unusualcoin New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 06/04/2012 2:02 pm I looked up the coin dating system for thai coins and the symbols don't appear to match. I'll check out the Filipino coins Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16864 Posts	Posted 06/04/2012 6:27 pm It's one of these - bullion coins, apparently used by the Axis (Japanese and Vichy French) in Southeast Asia during World War II. Last I looked, Krause lists them under "French Indochina", though the catalogues have historically had difficulty categorizing them. 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
wheatiefan Pillar of the Community United States 508 Posts	Posted 06/06/2012 08:37 am The book 'World War II Remembered' by Schwan and Boling has this coin listed. It is in the Axis:French:Indochina section under 'Bullion silver for Yunnan'. Minted in Hanoi under Japanese control. Other sources provide conflicting info. There is a 1/2 tael of 35mm and 18.3g and a 1 tael of 41mm and 36.6g. The inscription says either 1/2 or 1 tael silver in both Chinese and Laotian. They were (allegedly?) used for buying opium in the Golden Triangle. A more well known example is the stag's head tael from the same period. You can see both examples at this auction archive site. These coins are widely counterfeited and even an ironclad provenance of 30-40 years old wouldn't exempt this coin. As first steps I'd see if it sticks to a magnet, get accurate weights and measurements, and provide higher quality pictures to examine. -wheatiefan Report this Post to the Staff
unusualcoin New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 06/06/2012 10:08 am That you so much for the info. it's not my coin so I'm relaying information but I was told it was taken to a jewler and weighed then put in water to measure the displacement and was told it's almost pure silver. Would that information seem to fit in with this coin? Report this Post to the Staff
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