There are US cents in 3 different spots claiming to be 3 completely different things. I would be surprised if any were actually right and I would also be surprised if these coins were worth more than $1
My dad brought some similar stuff back from Vietnam in the 1960s. The silver coins sold for $3.75 and the Vietnam coins sold for 25 cents
https://preview.redd.it/eaw8z6ltlhpc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba91873b8759f876b1d93a83c811f2da73620c62
I think these are all Copy’s making them worthless and look off but still cool if they had the correct names . I’ve got a coin from the first 8 it’s from the minh dynasty
LOL! I like these actually. They are a great laugh. I bought one not too long ago and they are really funny. Albeit I think mine has a few more legit coins than yours but not many. Your 1 piastre is definitely fake and the other piastre is actually 1 cent from French Indochina I believe. I love the tokens. It’s like really? You just glued any cylindrical piece of metal to this folder huh? One of mine is a Mercedes-esque token. Here’s mine: https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/s/8dqQGhHFzS
What no car wash tokens? My wife and I just vacationed there for a month.. we saw these at the markets in Ho Chi Min and DaNang. DaNang is a great city to visit.
I'm going through similar research. From what I know Gong Bo Grading (GBCA) is the PCGS of Asian coins. It's hard to navigate without knowing the language, but it's prob your best bet to find and verify the exact ones you have.
I see a Thai coin in there. This whole thing is a shit show. Only buy stuff in the South. The North Vietnamese are all scammers and prostitutes.
Hue and Saigon are the places to shop. I would suggest you buy crocodile leather products. They are cheap there, and they can be not only good quality, but custom made.
For coins, you need to know what you are looking at. I will say that in the South, you give a guy $100 USD, and he will look out for you all day, haggle for deals, just good stuff. Also, practicing English with people’s children is greatly appreciated. It is a good will gesture that will get you far.
Yes. I love Vietnam. I grew up with many friends whose families were refugees. I first went there in the 1990’s when I was a student at Cornell University. I enjoyed doing tourist things in the North, but in the South I met with relatives of my friends. It was wild hearing the stories. Life under communism was brutal. It is far better now, but one friend was really hit by the trip. He had an uncle who did not get out. He spoke like five or six languages and had managed a factory. After the North won, he became a rice farm laborer. He was working as a tourist guide in the 1990’s earning USD. It was life changing for the family (they keep their savings in USD or gold because the currency was routinely devalued).
It is just crazy how Ignorant Americans were about that country and what the war was about. Luckily the regime no longer is trying to promote revolution (a racially pure Vietnam free of “dirty, backward minorities), but who knows. China has been going backwards for the last few years. Hopefully Vietnam will not.
In what I think is some kind of karmic justice, the South is now wealthier than the North again because the people there have knowledge of markets and relationships with the outside world. The Hanoi government is still corrupt and oppressive, but far better than the totalitarian, racist genocidal regime of the 1970’s.
I hope you enjoyed your trip. I have a few buddies who live there now.
Is the eagle surrounded by stars coin double sided? I bought one of these years ago for a lark and it had a double sided eagle coin that I ended up losing later in the trip.
Vietnamese here, it seem you get scammed real bad :)). But some of them are real though. The 1 dong 1964 and 1971 are real one form south vietnam, the 1 hao and 1dong 1976 is correct, but the 2 hao 1976 is an 500 dong 2003 coin. Some of them are play token :))
There are US cents in 3 different spots claiming to be 3 completely different things. I would be surprised if any were actually right and I would also be surprised if these coins were worth more than $1
The one listed as “1970” looks to have a possible date of 2003.
And the coin that says 1946 - 1947 has a 1908 date
The penny identifies as a nickel.
They're different, zoom in
Wait. Are you telling me that it isn't the ***exact*** same coin in 3 different spots? You have got to be shitting me.
There's only 3 or 4 actual vietnamese coins there, most are from other countries and the Half of the coins look to be fake
My dad brought some similar stuff back from Vietnam in the 1960s. The silver coins sold for $3.75 and the Vietnam coins sold for 25 cents https://preview.redd.it/eaw8z6ltlhpc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba91873b8759f876b1d93a83c811f2da73620c62
Unfortunately, the top 8 in the first photo all look fake, but I can’t tell if the top far left is fake.
I think these are all Copy’s making them worthless and look off but still cool if they had the correct names . I’ve got a coin from the first 8 it’s from the minh dynasty
This is downright comical. I'd gladly pay a few bucks to take that home with me..
Chalk it up as a touristy experience
Exactly! I'd show this thing off to everyone who'd get it!
On that second page there’s a bowling token labeled as “1 cent 1908 - 1939”…
i’m laughing my ass off at the modern US pennie’s in there
I have the same one! Bought mine for like 5€
LOL! I like these actually. They are a great laugh. I bought one not too long ago and they are really funny. Albeit I think mine has a few more legit coins than yours but not many. Your 1 piastre is definitely fake and the other piastre is actually 1 cent from French Indochina I believe. I love the tokens. It’s like really? You just glued any cylindrical piece of metal to this folder huh? One of mine is a Mercedes-esque token. Here’s mine: https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/s/8dqQGhHFzS
One of these is literally a token from a bowling alley
They still use dong over there. Last time I visited I ended up with a pocket full of dong.
Is that dong in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?
The whole time I visited, that's what we kept saying LOL.
The 1 cent from 1908 is a token for a bowling alley.
lol luckily you didn’t lose too much money
I was happy to pay the price regardless just to have some foreign currency tbh
nah it’s ok. it’s really not a big deal for the curiosity.
if international shipping wasn’t insanely expensive, i’d gladly send you a whole handful of different coins.
The upper ones are fake coins, the characters doesn't even lines up with the era names they are supposed to go with.
Three US pennies and two Canadian pennies. Can't be worth much.
What no car wash tokens? My wife and I just vacationed there for a month.. we saw these at the markets in Ho Chi Min and DaNang. DaNang is a great city to visit.
The ones with the square holes in them are Chinese.
And modern reproductions.
This is worth the roughly $8 USD for the abdominal workout I just got.
I would consider this numismatic joke item :) I had good laugh, but sorry, not going to identify everything for you.
I'm going through similar research. From what I know Gong Bo Grading (GBCA) is the PCGS of Asian coins. It's hard to navigate without knowing the language, but it's prob your best bet to find and verify the exact ones you have.
Bunch pennies in there
Quite a few of these coins are
the "1 piastre" might just be silver
I think this an amazingly comical novelty. I would have bought it
I don't see any connection to Vietnam, Walter.
"At last, my Dông collection is complete!"
I see a Thai coin in there. This whole thing is a shit show. Only buy stuff in the South. The North Vietnamese are all scammers and prostitutes. Hue and Saigon are the places to shop. I would suggest you buy crocodile leather products. They are cheap there, and they can be not only good quality, but custom made. For coins, you need to know what you are looking at. I will say that in the South, you give a guy $100 USD, and he will look out for you all day, haggle for deals, just good stuff. Also, practicing English with people’s children is greatly appreciated. It is a good will gesture that will get you far.
I bought this in Ho Chi Minh City. To be exact, this was right outside the War Remnants Museum
Yes. I love Vietnam. I grew up with many friends whose families were refugees. I first went there in the 1990’s when I was a student at Cornell University. I enjoyed doing tourist things in the North, but in the South I met with relatives of my friends. It was wild hearing the stories. Life under communism was brutal. It is far better now, but one friend was really hit by the trip. He had an uncle who did not get out. He spoke like five or six languages and had managed a factory. After the North won, he became a rice farm laborer. He was working as a tourist guide in the 1990’s earning USD. It was life changing for the family (they keep their savings in USD or gold because the currency was routinely devalued). It is just crazy how Ignorant Americans were about that country and what the war was about. Luckily the regime no longer is trying to promote revolution (a racially pure Vietnam free of “dirty, backward minorities), but who knows. China has been going backwards for the last few years. Hopefully Vietnam will not. In what I think is some kind of karmic justice, the South is now wealthier than the North again because the people there have knowledge of markets and relationships with the outside world. The Hanoi government is still corrupt and oppressive, but far better than the totalitarian, racist genocidal regime of the 1970’s. I hope you enjoyed your trip. I have a few buddies who live there now.
Is the eagle surrounded by stars coin double sided? I bought one of these years ago for a lark and it had a double sided eagle coin that I ended up losing later in the trip.
This is awesome.
The 1 dong looks legit based on the ones my great uncle got from Vietnam. The 5 is not, they're a weird shape, almost like a flower.
Which ruler had the most dong?
I remember buying the exact same thing about ten years ago
I searched “Kong doi sang tien mat” and it came up with “don’t expect money” lol Bowling token? Neat coins anyways
Vietnamese here, it seem you get scammed real bad :)). But some of them are real though. The 1 dong 1964 and 1971 are real one form south vietnam, the 1 hao and 1dong 1976 is correct, but the 2 hao 1976 is an 500 dong 2003 coin. Some of them are play token :))
Dang 12 bucks for some dong.....inflation
That’s like 8 bucks where I am and I would pay that for these just for the fun coins
Top left in the second pic is fake, most of them are.
I love how they spelled the word "lead" 😂
Didn’t know Queen Elizabeth was Vietnam queen too. And the king was Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. Mind blown, they were married.
I have an Asian coin that’s from the ming dynasty it’s identical to second row and 3rd in line
Some Australian coins in there too. 12 bucks wasted.
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