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Nice coins fast shipping good seller A+++++++++++   Oct-16-08 17:53
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excellent item; among the best sellers on ebay!   Oct-16-08 08:47
All About Me

What everyone should know about me
I'm retired and enjoy collecting old Vietnam coins and amulets. I have been collecting Vietnamese coins for over 30 years.

Things I sell
Things I buy
When I go to Vietnam I try to buy coin hoards and coins that have been unearthed by the kilo. Many times these coin hoards contain many more Chinese coins than Vietnamese coins. Most of the Chinese coins are from the Northern Song period. It seems that the Vietnamese suffered from coin shortages of their native currency and must have used these Northern Song coins over a very long period. It does seem that the use of these Norhtern Song coins tapered off by the end of the 1600's. My theory is that Chinese traders used old Northern Song dynasty coins to trade with the Vietnamese. These coins were plentiful and widely available in China. The Chinese probably bought coin hoards of these Northern Song coins (at a discount) and then used them to buy things from Vietnam. Recently I bought a coin hoard of mostly French Indochina coins. They were mostly 1 cent bronze, 1/2 cent bronze and 5 cent copper nickle coins. The coins were dated up tp 1939 and must have been buried during

Languages spoken:
English, Some Vietnamese


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Return policy
If you are unhappy with your purchase please contact me and I will arrange either a refund or other accomodation for you. I try very hard to authenticate the coins I sell. I try to reference Chinese coins to Dabid Hartill's book Cast Chinese Coins and I use Dr. R. Allan Barker's book The Historical Cash Coins of Vietnam for official and semi-official coins. I have many other reference guides that I also use to reserch my coins. I always show a scan of the coins you will receive. I do not use stock photos.

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Book: Chinese Cash David Jen, Paperback
Book: Chinese Cash (David Jen, Paperback)
Not the best book on the market for Chinese coins.
This book has been superceded by David Hartill's book: Cast Chinese Coins. isbn: 1-41205466-4. Hartill's book is much better than David Jen's book in my opinion. It can be ordered from Trafford... read full review
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