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10 tons of copper coins unearthed in 2,000 years old ancient tomb

By Yao Xinyu (People's Daily Online)    12:54, November 05, 2015
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10 tons of copper coins unearthed in 2,000 years old ancient tomb
Countless coins unearthed from the ancient tomb. (Photo/Xinhua)

In Xinjian, China's Jiangxi Province, recetnly a 2,000 years old tomb from Western Han Dynasty (206BC - 9AD) was discovered. Over 10,000 objects were unearthed, including 10 tons of cooper coins (2 millions pieces, which have equal value of 50 kilograms of gold today), chime, bamboo slips, tomb figurines etc., which reveal the lives of the nobility in the Western Han Dynasty.


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(Editor:Yao Xinyu,Bianji)

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