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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;90percentproof, post: 1754582, member: 53761&quot;]The French Indochine Piastra was used to pay my people for opium back in the early 1900 to late 1800s.&nbsp; I have a few of the original piastra and some 20 cent and 10cent .&nbsp; The older generation used to hang them on their clothes and hats for decoration and showing their wealth.&nbsp; My mom said in the early 1900 the Hmong grew opium and sold them to the Chinese so in the South East Asia these coin was mainly found in Thailand and Laos .&nbsp; My grandfather had so many of them back then ,so he buried some and carried some to the states .&nbsp; These was never tend to used for circulation ,but strictly for the opium trade.&nbsp; The smaller coin that has the seated liberty lady was circulated as money.&nbsp; My family owns a handful of these as memories[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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