1934-35 Florin

not the same die anyway your one has a star in the badge on the shoulder and one more dot under the maltese cross
botton one top one very nice

Most definitely a fake

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trout1105 'ole fella:
you are in a position to confirm if the second one is a fake or not.

Weigh it accurately, and do a comparative ring tone test against a known genuine florin of any date up to 1936.

I agree with previous comments. Quite a few fake Melbourne Centenary Florins have come onto the market in recent years. The Australasian Coin & Banknote Magazine published a very good article on them a few years back.

Especially with ancients, I like to maintain a working collection of fake coins. I will happily purchase them, provided that they are knowingly sold that way. It is a good way of knowing what they look like.

Nevertheless the same applies with modern coins, but die detail is an easy way to pick a modern fake, provided you know what you are looking for.

With ancients it has more to do with style, weight, valid types, knowledge of methods of manufacture, and comparison with data bases for confirmed fake ancient coins.

I also have a small but good quality working reference library on fake coins.
It is of great value, if you can maintain good personal contact as friends with some of the most respected specialist numismatist dealers of life time experience, who know what they are talking about. I consider myself to be very fortunate in this regard.