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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 70377, member: 283&quot;]As a couple of the regulars have already noted, that coin is a forgery and a pretty poor one at that for fairly obvious reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>The real McCoy circulated in French Indochina from 1885. Although it had a definite currency value, it also acted much the same way as a trade dollar in terms of its silver bullion value and as such travelled outwith its currency zone. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your one has been made in relatively modern times for the flea markets with the view to luring the unsuspecting&nbsp; into thinking that they have stumbled onto a genuine silver piece.... at a `bargain&#039; price of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, the ploy evidently works more times than not. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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