• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• The Euro Is Here - Edd & Johanne Smith
• Collecting World Coins - Edd Smith
• Chapter 1 - Buying and Selling World Coins
• Chapter 2 - Mail Order Coins
• Chapter 3 - Using Computers to Enhance Coin and Paper Money Collecting
• Chapter 4 - International Rates of Exchange Table
• Chapter 5 - Gold, Silver, and Platinum Bullion Value Charts
• Chapter 6 - International Coin Mints and Distributors
• Chapter 7 - International Association of Professional Numismatists
• Chapter 8 - International Numismatic Organizations
• Chapter 9 - International Numismatic Publications
• Chapter 10 - Coin Auction Sales
• Chapter 11 - How to Use This Book
• Chapter 12 - PNG the Professional Numismatists Guild
• Chapter 13 - Ancient Coins: Collecting Historical Coins
• Chapter 14 - Antilles (Netherlands)
• Chapter 15 - Argentina
• Chapter 16 - Australia
• Chapter 17 - Belgium
• Chapter 18 - Bermuda
• Chapter 19 - Bolivia
• Chapter 20 - Brazil
• Chapter 21 - Canada
• Chapter 22 - China
• Chapter 23 - Cuba
• Chapter 24 - Egypt
• Chapter 25 - Finland
• Chapter 26 - France
• Chapter 27 - Germany
• Chapter 28 - Greece
• Chapter 29 - Hungary
• Chapter 30 - Iceland
• Chapter 31 - India
• Chapter 32 - Ireland
• Chapter 33 - Israel
• Chapter 34 - Italy
• Chapter 35 - Japan
• Chapter 36 - Luxembourg
• Chapter 37 - Malta
• Chapter 38 - Mexico
• Chapter 39 - Morocco
• Chapter 40 - Mozambique
• Chapter 41 - Nepal
• Chapter 42 - Netherlands
• Chapter 43 - New Zealand
• Chapter 44 - Norway
• Chapter 45 - Pakistan
• Chapter 46 - Palestine
• Chapter 47 - Philippines
• Chapter 48 - Pitcairn Islands
• Chapter 49 - Poland
• Chapter 50 - Portugal
• Chapter 51 - Russia
• Chapter 52 - South Africa
• Chapter 53 - Spain
• Chapter 54 - Switzerland
• Chapter 55 - Syria
• Chapter 56 - Turkey
• Chapter 57 - United Kingdom
• Chapter 58 - USSR
• Chapter 59 - Vatican City
• Chapter 60 - Venezuela
• Chapter 61 - Vietnam
• Back Cover

584 / VIETNAM VIETNAM The first coins were used in 970 and were cast, round, bronze coins with a square hole. Zinc coins were used in the 19th century, as were the silver ounce bar coin and the silver dollar. The first deci-mal coins were used circa 1830. The currency today is the dong. Vietnam—Type Coinage Key to Grading: Bust DATE COIN TYPE/VARIETY/METAL ABP AVERAGE FINE FINE 1958 1 Xu, Aluminum — $ .75 1958 2 Xu, Aluminum — .75 1958 5 Xu, Aluminum — 1.00 1953 10 Su, Aluminum — .35 1945 20 Xu, Aluminum — 45.00 1953 20 Su, Aluminum — .30 1946 5 Hao, Aluminum — 4.00 1953 50 Su, Aluminum — 2.00 1960 50 Su, Aluminum — .30 1963 50 Xu, Cupro-Nickel — .30 Key to Grading: Bust 1946 1 Dong, Aluminum $20.00 38.00 1960 1 Dong, Cupro-Nickel — .30 1946 2 Dong, Bronze 4.00 8.00