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Post #444336 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Apr 2, 2009 8:20 AM

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Now that's a classic concept! The Mauna Loa in Detroit had a long bar with Chinese coins imbedded in it

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=4786&forum=2

Unfortunately there are no pics of it. After the Mauna Loa closed, the bar migrated to the Chin Tiki:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=16411&forum=2

(I forgot if they sold it off after the demise of the Chin Tiki, or if it ended up at Chin's, Livonia, now)

To find all Pacific states money will be quite a task --but worth it for conversation value!