ID a coin please

I need help to ID this coin, I can find the obv. REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE , engraver ( Barre ) and Marianne, I can find the revs. REPUBLICA MEXICANA with the eagle with snake in beak, I can't find a coin with both on the same coin. hope the attached photos help. thanks

Dan

 

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There isn't a coin that has both of those. That's either a fake or someone made a magician's coin out of those actual coins.

 

Not authentic. 1 side is France and the other Mexico. I agree it is a fake.

 

Hmm! The denticles on the "French side" appear full and well-formed, but the denticles on the "Mexican side" are almost non-existent. I get the feeling that two separate coins were altered to form one coin. Have you examined the rim and/or edge carefully? Is it possible that two coins were used to make a "magician's coin"?

Chris

 

Looking at the reeded edge I think not a magician's coin, thanks for looking

Dan

 

Either way, not a real coin.

 

One coin is hollowed out with the edge left intact and other one is pushed inside of it so that no seam shows on the edge. Google it . Or find a you tube video of it.

 

Bang it around a bit and one of those sides will pop out of the hollow shell

 

Hollow shell.

 

I should mention since no one else did that the one side is French Indochina (Vietnam), not France.

 

Beat me to it.

 

I know this is an old post but I just got the same coin only 1773.
Looking for information

 

Read the responses given

 

I have a coin from the same countries

 

I have the same type of coin

 

Did you read the responses given?

 

I believe these were called "counters", used for betting and are never really that close to the real coins that were produced. There are many varieties of these kind of tokens in the market.

 

Become a magician it could be worth thousands to you. Otherwise, a good conversation piece. Thanks for sharing good luck.

 

Are you sure about the date and the I.D. of both sides?

To my knowledge(and I certainly don't have the most knowledge in the world) neither of those two coins were minted in 1773. Both the French Indo-China and the Mexican Republic coins were started in the 1800's.

Please post pix if you can.

Actually, my reply was meant for @Peter1719

 

From the look of the Mexican side, I believe the Peso is inside the Piaster.
With nothing for a size reference, it's hard to tell exactly what denomination these two coins actually are, but I'm assuming "Crown Size".