Human civilization doesn’t get much more ancient than China ... 93,000 based on that year’s exchange rates. This coin was produced for China by the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, UK, and features ...

I bought this coin in the museum shop at Xian in China in 2001. It does not have much value but is a constant reminder to me of how ancient the Chinese civilisation is and how different their ways ...

MAEBASHI--Archaeologists uncovered an estimated 100,000 ancient coins, some of which are of Chinese origin and are ... was believed to be a Ban Liang coin from 175 B.C. Those were the first ...