In an excavation at the Sosha Village East 03 archaeological site in Maebashi City, Japan, archaeologists stumbled upon a remarkable...

Archaeologists uncovered over 100,000 ancient coins, some more than 2,000 years old

  • AnticorpEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    What is the total value of this find? I skimmed the article, but I didn’t see a statement about the coin materials. Are any of them silver or gold? One picture looked like it was copper or bronze.

    • Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      8 months ago

      I think it’s probably way to early to know. I imagine it’ll largely depend on rarity and condition and with the being so many it’ll probably take a while to catalog everything. I honestly don’t know though.