The cover image is a medal produced for the opening of the Hanoi Mint in 1945. I found it in a junkbox in Hanoi sometime in the 1990's. So far, it is unique. I am receiving many emails from Vietnamese asking me if I would sell it and I have replied in the negative.

The usual time for approval of my books being printed in Viet Nam is about two months but this one took fourteen months! I have only information in it that was published or available in Viet Nam but I put in a detailed time line of decrees and other information that does not always make them look good, so they wanted me to change it. I rewrote several areas but did not delete anything. The third group of censors finally approved it.

My next catalog will be the third edition of French Southeast Asia Coins & Currency, which should be published early next year. It will have MANY corrections and additions not only to my previous editions but also to the major catalogs published in France. As I fix or add something, I do contact the French numismatists interested in it and let them know about it.

My major retailer is Wizard Coin Supply and they have been doing a great job in showing and describing my books on their website.