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Two bad (new) coils would be extremely rare. I don’t think you are testing them correctly. There are two wires coming out of the coil one above and one below the laminated core. The one below the laminations is the primary winding and goes to the points. The one above the laminations is ground for both primary and secondary windings and is grounded under one of the mounting screw heads. The spark plug wire (pin where it plugs in) is the secondary winding.
To test:
Connect your meter leads to the primary winding by touching one meter lead to the points wire and other meter lead to the ground wire. Should be about an Ohm.
Connect your meter leads to the secondary winding by touching one meter lead to the spark plug wire (or pin) and the other meter lead to the ground wire. Should be around 4 – 7 k-Ohms. Actual resistance varies with different mfr.
Very important: Your tests are useless if you haven’t set up your meter for the resistance range you expect to get.