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1.5 Tons Of Ancient Coins Discovered In North China
People's Daily ^ | 8-30-2007 | Xinhua

Posted on 08/30/2007 10:11:43 AM PDT by blam

1.5 tons of ancient coins discovered in north China

+ - 21:20, August 30, 2007

A cellar containing 1.5 tons of ancient coins, including some 2,000-year-old ones, have been discovered by a villager in Changzi County, north China's Shanxi Province.

The man in Qianwanhu village discovered the cellar with some 10,000 coins, ranging from 3 cm to 1 cm in diameter, on Aug. 23 when he was digging a channel to place pipes for tap water, said Li Lin, an official of the Changzi Center of Cultural Heritage and Tourism.

The "money cellar" was 1.5 meters under the earth, with coins being piled orderly into a cuboid of 1.3 meters long, 0.65 meter wide and one meter high, Li said.

Most of the coins were made during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) with the remainders made during Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) and Tang Dynasty (618-907), Li said.

Many coins were in good condition, and characters on the surface were still legible, while some others were rusty. The largest coin is 3 cm in diameter and the smallest is one cm, Li said.

Archaeologists said the coins were there for three reasons: the coins were liege lords' private wealth; or they were buried by ancient Chinese private banks during war; or they belonged to rich people who buried them during war but had forgotten.

The coins have been sent to local cultural relics authorities.

Source: Xinhua


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ancient; china; coins; discovered; godsgravesglyphs
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1 posted on 08/30/2007 10:11:47 AM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Ping.


2 posted on 08/30/2007 10:12:06 AM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam

I wonder if they have a high lead content.


3 posted on 08/30/2007 10:13:29 AM PDT by Enterprise (I can't talk about liberals anymore because some of the words will get me sent to rehab.)
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To: blam

Stern Voice:

Coin must be given to people’s republic ...


4 posted on 08/30/2007 10:13:45 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: blam

Coming soon to a infomercial near you!...........You, too, can own a piece of ancient history! For only 3 easy payments of 39.95 plus shipping and handling!................


5 posted on 08/30/2007 10:14:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: blam
yes i am sure the "rich people" buried their coins and then forgot all about them. more likely, they were killed and no one ever knew about the coin stash.

or it was some kooky chinese mountain man stockpiling coins for the impending revolution. maybe they'll find a will and find that he left the coins to leona's dog.

6 posted on 08/30/2007 10:16:00 AM PDT by thefactor
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To: blam

The coins have been confiscated to be shared with the peoplle. The maan finding them has been giving a free bowl of rice.


7 posted on 08/30/2007 10:17:50 AM PDT by Barney Gumble (A liberal is someone too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel - Robert Frost)
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To: blam

Made at the Thomas The Train factory.They had open manufacturing time.


8 posted on 08/30/2007 10:18:17 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: blam
... coins being piled orderly into a cuboid ...

How retentive of them ...

9 posted on 08/30/2007 10:18:28 AM PDT by TexGuy
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To: blam
They'll need one of these:


10 posted on 08/30/2007 10:20:12 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agammemnon dead.)
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To: Scythian

Ya know my first thought was how is he going to benefit from this. He dug, He found and state is gonna take. Man I want to live in china.
wasnt it hitlary who said were going to have to take things from you.


11 posted on 08/30/2007 10:21:01 AM PDT by VaRepublican (I would propagate tag lines but I don't know how...)
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To: blam
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Wow! I know how the man in Qianwanhu village must feel. I found an old American coin in my basement that's been here since the house was built. (:^D)

12 posted on 08/30/2007 10:25:20 AM PDT by RoadKingSE
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To: VaRepublican

His reward is to get a shiny new shovel to do his digging, to show the appreciation of the Chinese govt. Gotta feed the dragon, man.


13 posted on 08/30/2007 10:25:36 AM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
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To: Red Badger
BUT WAIT!

Act in the next two minutes and we'll double the size!

Just pay additional shipping & handling of 39.95 from Qianwanhu village to anyplace in the USA (19.49 to Australia)

14 posted on 08/30/2007 10:25:38 AM PDT by norton
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To: blam

1.5 tons of Yap coin.

15 posted on 08/30/2007 10:27:20 AM PDT by LexBaird (Tyrannosaurus Lex, unapologetic carnivore)
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To: VaRepublican

this is the same as in England.
It is called treasure trove. It basically states that certain types of found treasure is so historically important that best owned by the people of Britain.

There is a difference in that The Government of Britain does pay for the found treasure. Not as much as it might be worth on the open market, but nothing to sneeze at.


16 posted on 08/30/2007 10:36:28 AM PDT by Biggs of Michigan
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To: blam

How come stuff like this never happens to me?


17 posted on 08/30/2007 10:44:15 AM PDT by 2111USMC
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To: blam

Extremely interesting. Thank you.

But can they fit in parking meters?

If not, they are not any good to me. :)


18 posted on 08/30/2007 10:57:18 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: blam

1.5 tons = 3,000 pounds.

10,000 coins.

They averaged .33 pounds (5 ounces) in weight? That’s some big coins!


19 posted on 08/30/2007 10:58:53 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Scratch a liberal, find a dhimmi)
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To: LexBaird

What to do with Yap coins?

I already tried to cash one in, but my bank didn’t accept it.

They don’t even fit in parking meters or pay toilets.


20 posted on 08/30/2007 11:01:33 AM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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