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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 24796554, member: 5682&quot;][ATTACH=full]1586390[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting coin hoard found in Maebashi, Japan that included ancient Chinese coins. I know nothing about Asian coinage, however, so I can’t add anything to the articles:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So far, 334 of the coins [of possibly 100,000 coins] have been examined. At least 44 types were confirmed, ranging from those made in 175 B.C. to ones as recent as 1265.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one confirmed Ban Liang coin had a diameter of 2.3 centimeters and was 1 millimeter thick. The square hole in the middle measured 7 millimeters on each side.</p><p><br /></p><p>The characters for “Ban” and “Liang” were engraved on the surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because the newest coin dates to 1265, the trove is believed to have been buried during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333). But the date of burial could change after more coins are analyzed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15048486" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15048486" rel="nofollow">https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15048486</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2023/11/cryptic-treasure-trove-of-over-100000-coins-unearthed-during-factory-construction-in-japan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2023/11/cryptic-treasure-trove-of-over-100000-coins-unearthed-during-factory-construction-in-japan" rel="nofollow">https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2023/11/cryptic-treasure-trove-of-over-100000-coins-unearthed-during-factory-construction-in-japan</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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