50kg Of Ancient Coins Uncovered In Northern Vietnam

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aardspeed Pillar of the Community 921 Posts	Posted 05/28/2015 4:50 pm "A resident in a northern Vietnamese province recently bumped into a 50-kilogram "treasure" of ancient coins while digging in his garden" http://tuoitrenews.vn/lifestyle/283...hern-vietnam Edited by aardspeed 05/28/2015 4:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 05/28/2015 7:03 pm Uncovering large caches of cash coins is not uncommon in Vietnam. Due to the acidic tropical soil in much of the region, such hoards are often fused together in a single lump; see some examples of fused hoards on zeno.ru here and here. Perhaps some indication of how common such hoards are is given by the throwaway line in the article: Quote: Several scrap dealers have offered to purchase Hai's find, but he keeps declining and is waiting for authorities' precise dating of the coins. They don't appear to be all that ancient, either. The brown one at right of the bottom picture, for example (the inscription reads "Li Yong Tong Bao" in Chinese, or "Loi Dung Thong Bao" in Vietnamese) is an 18th century Vietnamese copy of a Ming Dynasty rebel coin from the 1670s. Old, yes, but not "ancient". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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