2007-01-01 11:48:59 · 2 answers · asked by william l 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The coins you have were from French Indo-China, a federation of protectorates and one directly ruled colony in Southeast Asia, part of the French colonial empire. It consisted of Cochin China (directly-ruled colony), Tonkin, Annam (all of which now form Vietnam), Laos, and Cambodia (protectorates). You can read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina
On the coins, silver ones, you will find the French words "titre" and "poids". Ok, I'm not French, but I'll read them from the point of a coin collector. Titre refers to the silver fineness, and poids refers to the weight. For example, on a 1 piastre silver coin from 1895-1928 ("piastre de commerce"), you will find on it "Titre 0.900. Poids 27 Gr".
If you have 15lbs of Indo-China coins, which is roughly 6.8kgs, then that's great~! One warning though. There're lots of imitation Indo-China coins out there, especially the larger size piastres. So depends on where you got your coins from.
2007-01-02 14:49:30 · answer #1 · answered by silverpet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from what i gather they are french...
2007-01-01 12:00:27 · answer #2 · answered by sosickiam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋