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Counterfeit - 1 Piastre
| Issuer | French Indochina |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Composition | Base metal |
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| Obverse lettering | UNION FRANÇAISE 1947 P.TURIN |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The legitimate 1947 aluminum 1 Piastre was itself an emergency issue, struck as France scrambled to restore a functioning currency in Indochina following Japanese occupation and the monetary chaos of 1945. The genuine coin weighs roughly 3 grams. At 23 grams in base metal, this piece is nearly eight times heavier — a crude contemporary counterfeit almost certainly produced for vending machine fraud or black market exchange rather than casual passing.