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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jmccarty, post: 2183890, member: 74979&quot;]Yes, I even asked the guy why a service man would bring collector coins to a war!&nbsp; He said, &quot;don&#039;t know&quot;.&nbsp; In 1995, when I first started visiting Vietnam, there were real relics left over from the war, steel pots (helmets), compasses, zippo lighter cases, though I expect these were locally made for units that asked for them, and either left over, or still made.&nbsp; There were also book shops full of 2nd hand books from French colonial times and the US occupation. There were also copies of the books.&nbsp; It was easy to pick a copy of a book though.&nbsp; The coins, I did not expect to be real. Just thought it an oddity on the street for sale by a guy that we selling copies of &quot;The Quiet American&quot;&nbsp; and tourist maps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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