20,000 Ancient Coins Unearthed from Bottom of LakeChina has unearthed over 20,000 ancient coins during the dredging of West Lake in the picturesque city of Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province.The coins belonged to several dynasties, the earliest dating backing to the Warring States Period (475-221 BCE). Numismatists and archaeologists from both at home and abroad have shown great interests in these coins, some of which are rare. The coins show little signs of rust as they have long been kept in water without any contact with the air. China has also discovered stone ware belonging to the Neolithic age, which provides evidence that human beings lived around the lake since that time. |
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