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‘Phantom’ coins — believed to be destroyed after WWII — found in warehouse in Japan
Officials described the massive coin collection as an “extremely rare” find, according to the Japanese outlet NHK. The face value of the coins is 1 sen, the equivalent of one-one hundredth of ...
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Centuries Ago, Japanese Warriors Buried A Hoard Of More Than 100,000 Coins, And Archaeologists Dug Them Up
Centuries ago, Japanese ... coins from the hoard were from the Northern Song dynasty (960 to 1127). During the Northern Song, large numbers of coins were manufactured. However, the coins lost ...