Vietnam Unearths Ancient Vietnamese, Chinese
Coins August 13, 2008 15:05
PM
HANOI, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- Workers
at a cemetery in Vietnam's northern Hai Phong city have recently
unearthed 52.9 kilograms of Vietnamese and Chinese coins,
which was circulated from the 14th to the 15th century.
Quoting a local newspaper's report on Wednesday,
China's Xinhua news agency reported that the workers found
two glazed terra-cotta jars containing the coins when they
were digging the earth in Kien Thuy district.
According to the appraisal of the Hai Phong
Museum, some coins were circulated in the reign of Chinese
emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming dynasty, and
others in the reign of the Vietnamese King Le Nhan Tong.
The jars were found at the archeological site
of Go Gao which housed a food warehouse in the feudal time,
the newspaper said.