Rare Vintage Vietnam KIM-THANH - SAIGON - HONG KONG - HANOI - PNOMPENH - OR PUR Gold Bar/Leaf - Pur Gold - 1920-1945 RARE GENUINE KIM-THANH GOLD LEAF IN ORIGINAL WRAPPER 14,88 grams 36mm wide and 97mm long THIS VERY RARE GOLD BAR COME WRAPPED IN A WAX RICE TYPE OF PAPER WITH VIETNAMESE WRITING ON IT. THERE IS ALOT OF HISTORY BEHIND THIS GOLD BAR. THE VIETNAMESE WOULD SEW THEM INTO THEIR CLOTHING TO HIDE THEM. THEY ARE THIN AND EASILY CONCEALABLE. FAMOUS THROUGHOUT SOUTHEST ASIA BEFORE AND DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, THESE BARS WERE USED BY REFUGEES FLEEING VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA TO ESCAPE THE COMMUNISTS. MANY REFUGEES ESCAPED BY BOAT, SAILING INTO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN HOPES OF BEING RESCUED BY THE U.S. NAVY, AND EARNING THEM THE EPITHET OF "BOAT PEOPLE". A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER HAD TRANSFERRED THEIR LIFE SAVINGS FROM CURRENCY TO KIM-THANH BARS, SOME EVEN SEWING THEM INTO THE LINING OF THEIR CLOTHING, TO KEEP THE GOLD SAFE, AND TO HELP THEM REBUILD THEIR LIVES ON FOREIGN SHORES. The value of this bar/leaf has been appraised and tested for authenticity. We are approved professional sellers, you can recovered your item to our office (5mn from Disneyland Paris, Marne la Vallée) This item will be well-packaged, insured and shipped by registered post. Additional lighting and magnification were used in the photos to display the offered item as accurately as possible. Colours may differ slightly due to lighting.