The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 8, February 20, 2005, Article 22

HOWARD DANIEL IN VIET NAM

Howard A. Daniel III writes that he has been in Viet Nam
for a couple of days. He is trying to get used to the heat
before venturing out too far on his own so for the first few
days he is staying close to his townhouse in Ho Chi Minh
City. He read the recent item about the counterfeit
Japanese coins coming out of China. He writes:

"Counterfeiting is rampant in China! I believe the
counterfeiters must have official approval at some level
because it is so big an operation and covers worldwide
coins and paper money.

Chinese counterfeits of the paper/cotton notes of Viet
Nam are numerous in Viet Nam! And a recent discovery
of a paper/cotton counterfeit of the new Vietnamese
polymer notes has been found! All of them are coming
across the Chinese border.

I was recently at the Interpol headquarters website to
see about making an appointment with them when I am
in Paris at the end of March. I did not see anything there
about the Chinese counterfeits of Vietnamese banknotes
so I sent them a long email about them and am awaiting
a response."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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