Definition

• These Siamese pieces were in use from the middle of the eighteenth century until 1871, when they were forbidden. The majority were issued by companies and traders at Bangkok. They occur in a great variety of shapes, colors, and values, from one quarter to one sixty fourth of a Tical. The values are on the reverses and are generally written in blue. The native name is Pi.

  Two of the old English potteries adopted china or porcelain tokens. At Worcester W. Davis issued them for the value of one and two Shillings; and John Coke put forth tokens for five and seven Shillings at Pinxton, in 1801. See Chany.

  Marco Polo, in his Travels (ii. 39), re- fers to the use of porcelain shells.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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