Silver Belts & Coins

In the northern states of India, bordering southern China and northern Thailand, Nepal, some of the minority tribes in these regions, still used the silver decorative objects, to show off their wealths during their festive occasion. They made silver chain (belts) and silver necklace and attached a silver coin to the belt. All the material to make these came from silver coins circulating at that time. No wondering, some of the coins were recycled and are getting rare and costly