• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
PI Gaming Pieces: Siamese Porcelain tokens

PI Gaming Pieces: Siamese Porcelain tokens

Paperback

Coins

ISBN10: 1803696125
ISBN13: 9781803696126
Publisher: New Generation Pub
Published: Nov 23 2022
Pages: 188
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.51 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English

Pi are small porcelain tokens made in China for the gambling houses of Siam in the 19th century. They were sometimes used as small change in the neighbourhoods in which they were issued.. They come in a large variety of shapes and colours. They are mostly inscribed in Chinese, but occasionally in Siamese. Inscriptions can vary between simply the name of the gambling house to extracts from classical Chinese poetry.

Also from

Hartill, David

Also in

Coins