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Ancient Chinese coins dug up in central Vietnam
The Tang Dynasty coins
Thousands of coins from China’s Tang Dynasty era, believed to date back to the 8th or 9th century, have been found in Vietnam’s central Quang Binh province.
Three refuse collectors found five jars July 11 containing the coins and weighing around 30 kilograms in Ham Ninh commune.
At the same place a week earlier a local farmer named Nguyen Duc Dung found a pot weighing 20 kilograms containing copper coins while digging on a rice paddy.
On all the coins one side has four Chinese characters while the other is plain.
Tran Anh Tuan, director of the Quang Binh Museum, said the coins were rare and valuable and had appeared in Vietnam at the peak of the Tang Dynasty’s rule.
“The money was circulated in Vietnam for trading during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty,” he added
Dung sold the coins for VND200,000 (US $12.5) per kilo.
The other three men spirited the hoard out of the village.
In an unconnected development, the Ministry of Culture and Information recently instructed provincial and town culture and other departments to protect antiques, relics, and other ancient objects, and prevent illegal transportation of these items out of the country.
Vu Xuan Thanh, head of the ministry’s Inspectorate, said in recent months theft of ancient objects from historical and archeological sites and museums had become rampant.
Source: NLD, VNN, VNA – Compiled by Thu Thuy
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Published: 14 July, 2007, 12:34:45 (GMT+7)
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Ancient Chinese coins dug up in central Vietnam
The Tang Dynasty coins
Thousands of coins from China’s Tang Dynasty era, believed to date back to the 8th or 9th century, have been found in Vietnam’s central Quang Binh province.
Three refuse collectors found five jars July 11 containing the coins and weighing around 30 kilograms in Ham Ninh commune.
At the same place a week earlier a local farmer named Nguyen Duc Dung found a pot weighing 20 kilograms containing copper coins while digging on a rice paddy.
On all the coins one side has four Chinese characters while the other is plain.
Tran Anh Tuan, director of the Quang Binh Museum, said the coins were rare and valuable and had appeared in Vietnam at the peak of the Tang Dynasty’s rule.
“The money was circulated in Vietnam for trading during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty,” he added
Dung sold the coins for VND200,000 (US $12.5) per kilo.
The other three men spirited the hoard out of the village.
In an unconnected development, the Ministry of Culture and Information recently instructed provincial and town culture and other departments to protect antiques, relics, and other ancient objects, and prevent illegal transportation of these items out of the country.
Vu Xuan Thanh, head of the ministry’s Inspectorate, said in recent months theft of ancient objects from historical and archeological sites and museums had become rampant.
Source: NLD, VNN, VNA – Compiled by Thu Thuy
Story from Thanh Nien News
Published: 14 July, 2007, 12:34:45 (GMT+7)
Copyright Thanh Nien News
http://www.thanhniennews.com/print.php?catid=6&newsid=29991
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