Republic of China 1929 S. Y. S Globe Dollar Silver Pattern, NGC MS65 This was the first Chinese coin to feature a map or globe in its design. Only a handful are known to exist, and each is different.

Those who can afford them use silver coins, such as silver Chinese dollars, French-Indochinese piasters, or Indian rupees which refer to the old colonial days. Burmese, Indochinese, and Thai coins of ...