When a mechanical digger dug its claw into the earth and rose at a construction site in Qianjiang City, Zhejiang Province on Dec. 10 last year, people found that what leaked from the steel claw was not only earth but also a large amount of ancient coins, Qianjiang Evening News reported.
A total of about 500,000 to 600,000 ancient coins were discovered in a huge box underground, and the coins belonged to Western Han, Tang, Five Dynasties-Ten Kingdoms, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and other dynasties, archaeologists said. The earliest coin was cast in 175 B.C., while the latest was cast in 1368 A.D.
Author: Wang Hanlu | Source: People's Daily Online [January 07, 2011]