Canoe coin obtained for 30 dollars.

Hey all, just wanted to get info on this type of currency. thanks!

 

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It can't be gold, silver? Magnetic? weight?

 

bronze not magnetic, and i need a working scale haha.

 

wait...what is that?

 

It's a coin in the shape of a canoe, made in Thailand made all the way up to the 19th century, started making in 14th. But that is just about all i know of this coin.

 

There are varieties of them in silver and gold and they circulated mainly in the Mekong delta region. I have a silver "tam" or tiger tongue money from Laos that is about 400-500 years old that is a similar form but has counterstamps on it,

 

Hey I've made these in my back yard..

 

But they always had a mark of some kind.