Best Collection of Chinse coins

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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.), 25 Dec. 1900.

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some ancient Chinese coins

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Good history there: At one time these objects were in contention for being the first coins. Other candidates were coins from India and coins from Lydia (a part of Turkey today). The Lydian coin 'won' the argument for being the first true coins.
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