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Need Help With Verification On Thai And French Indo-China Coins

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Good day all,

A friend of mine when to Thailand and brought me back some coins. One of them, the 1908 Baht coin I am sure is fake, but just want to make sure. The second coin is the 1908 French Indo-China Piastre De Commerce coin. While I would love for the Indo-China to be real, I am not getting too confident or excited with my assessment until someone checks it out. It doesn't stick to a magnet (neither of them do) and it has that pushing slide feeling on my magnet that I ripped from a speaker. The Piastre De Commerce coin is 39mm and the Baht coin is just around 30mm. Below are the pics:

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 Posted 05/02/2017  07:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Arkie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
On the piastre, comparing it to the one I have, the only things that catch my eye are the gaps at the base of the wreath.
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Can you show me what you have? Or do a side by side comparison (if you have the time)? :)
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IMHO the piastre is wrong, but I am not a specialist.
Have you weighted it?
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 Posted 05/02/2017  08:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jdmern to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Both pieces are fakes...
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