The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 47, November 2, 2003, Article 15

VIETNAMESE REFERENCE: BANKNOTES OF NAM BO

  Howard A. Daniel III writes: "By the time you have read this
  here, I will be back from a four day visit to Hanoi looking for
  my numismatic and related stuff.  All available time not seeing
  people will be in book stores!  One book that was unknown
  to me, I have been told, is available in Hanoi but not here in
  Ho Chi Minh City is "Dong Tien Nam Bo Khang Chien, Dong
  Tien Viet Nam Chien Thang" (Banknotes of Nam Bo in
  Resistance Time, Banknote of Vietnam's Victory"  and it was
  published by the Ngan Hang Nha Nuoc (State Bank) in July
  1993.  I have been told it has 155 pages and is 12x33 cm in
  size.

  "Nam Bo" is the southern third of Viet Nam or what used to
  be French Cochinchina.  The "victory" in the title is when
  they defeated the French in 1954.  Books here are usually
  printed in low numbers (1000-5000) for a population of
  about 80 million, so I am not too optimistic of finding one
  or more copies, but I will be looking for it.   If I find it, and
  there is more than one in their supply, I will try to buy at
  least five of them so I can distribute them to others
  interested in this area."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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