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Love copper? Love chinese coins? like BULK LOTS?!?!?

http://blog.gainesvillecoins.com/2015/11/09/ancient-chinese-copper-coins-worth-millions-discovered/

then this is the discovery for you image

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The 2 million coins collectively weighed 10 metric tonnes, or over 20,000 pounds! Historical experts estimate that their equivalent value at the time (sometime in the 1st or 2nd century BCE, during the Western Han Dynasty) would be 10 million yuan—or over $1.5 million in terms of U.S. dollars. It is no surprise that this hoard was uncovered in a royal tomb.

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  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Time to get out the Schjoth and Hartill!
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,600 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow. I knew there had been some giant hoards recovered, but... wow.

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  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,498 ✭✭✭✭
    I wonder if they'll find any contemporary counterfeits in there.



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  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭
    ....the dead need CASH!
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