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I'm retired and enjoy collecting old Vietnam coins and amulets. I have been collecting Vietnamese coins for over 30 years.

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

English, Some Vietnamese

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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