Counterfeit - 1 Piastre

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.