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HUGE CHINESE COIN FIND IN JAPAN

The reason for the burial has yet to be determined, but more than 100,000 ancient Chinese coins were recently discovered near excavations for the construction of a new factory in Maebashi City, Japan.

The discovery was made at the Sosha Village East 03 archaeological site. The one-kilometer area being examined by archaeologists includes Shosha burial mounds, the ruins of the San’o Temple, and the Ueno Kokubunji Temple. It appears the region was a

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