One coin was so badly rusted that it was impossible to tell whether it had any writing on it. However, researchers can still tell that it was an ancient Chinese circular coin with a square hole.

MAEBASHI--Archaeologists uncovered an estimated 100,000 ancient coins, some of which are of Chinese origin and are more than 2,000 years old. The coins were tied together in bundles with straw ...

Human civilization doesn’t get much more ancient than China, whose history dates back more than 5,000 years and whose global influence can be seen in everything from how people govern to what they eat ...