1.4 Million ancient Chinese coins found.

SkyMan

An article in the Chinese People's Daily stated, "Archaeologists in Inner Mongolia autonomous region have discovered a coin casting workshop and more than 1.4 million ancient coins dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) in an ancient city in Ordos, according to Inner Mongolia Institute of Archaeology". There are 9 images of the coin hoard and production facilities in the article.


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sumnom

Amazing! I wonder if any/how many of those will hit the market.

harasha

Hope to see follow-ups to this story in the news.

OldEastside

I wonder why the place was abandoned

Steve

EVillageProwler

<< <i>I wonder why the place was abandoned

Steve >>



Probably war. Look up the Han - Xiongnu War.

Tookybandit

That is wild! Thanks for posting.

lordmarcovan

Neat.

No wonder they're so inexpensive. Now they'll probably get cheaper still.

I like this in situ picture. Also the pictures showing how they were strung.

STLNATS

Amazing find and pix, esp the strings of cash and the box of spades. Gives a little sense of the scale on which these things were produced, and that (if I read correctly) was in the 1st century AD.

Looking at the in situ pic of the strings, one is tempted to make the obvious pun that 1.4M cash is certainly "long green" but I'll resist.

Thanks for sharing the link!

AuroraRarities

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this.

If I understand correctly, the production of spade money of this type within the Han dynasty has not previously been confirmed. If they found casting tools for these spades here it may be a minor revelation for that area of study.

Can any experts shed more light on this?

Regardless I look forward to more information from this find.

Swampboy

Fascinating.
I can't help thinking about the time when these were first buried.
As one scenario; those who knew where they were hidden could possibly have been victims of a 'take no prisoners' policy.

sumnom

I was just looking at these pics again and I notice that the spade coins and some of the coin molds are from the Wang Mang interregnum. For reasons unknown to me, I have just started reading on these coins in order to start collecting them. Looks like I should go to Inner Mongolia.

Stork

So cool, thanks for posting. Sumnom, you must be psychic. Maybe you should go buy a lottery ticket .

harasha

Collecting Wang Mang, in particular, or do you have broader parameters?

Type2

WoW very cool pic i try to never buy ancient chinese. I do not know much about them.

But i do love this cash coin.

TIF2

Wow, that is incredible!

I don't have any ancient Chinese coins yet but will certainly get some eventually

sumnom

<< <i>Collecting Wang Mang, in particular, or do you have broader parameters? >>



I have never collected Chinese ancients before so I thought I might start with the Wang Mang issues. I plan to spread out a little later.

So, where have you been getting you Chinese cast coins? any recommendations where I could I could go shopping online?

sumnom

<< <i>WoW very cool pic i try to never buy ancient chinese. I do not know much about them.

But i do love this cash coin.





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VERY NICE!

harasha

Hi, Sumnom. I have sent a PM.
By the way, I finished reading the book that you had recommended. Fascinating. Explains a lot, actually, about Korean history. I feel enriched.

nicholasz219

Every time I get pulled away from Chinese coins, I get pulled back in by something like this. Thanks for sharing.

winky

THANKS FOR THE PHOTO, IT IS MIND BOGGLIN.