INNER MONGOLIA COIN CASTING SHOP EXCAVATED

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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 9, March 2, 2014, Article 23

INNER MONGOLIA COIN CASTING SHOP EXCAVATED

Wow - what a haul of coins and equipment! Check out the images from this story about a Western Han Dynasty coin casting workshop discovered by archaeologists in Inner Mongolia. The article comes to us via The Explorator newsletter 16.46, published today (March 2, 2014). -Editor

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. Photo shows part of the ancient coins.

Fragment of a coin casting mold

Thousands of cash coins on a long string

and still more coins!

To read the complete article, see: Large numbers of ancient coins excavated in Inner Mongolia (english.peopledaily.com.cn/98649/8548281.html)

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