World’s Oldest Coin Mint Discovered in 2,800-Year-Old Chinese Foundry

Re:World’s Oldest Coin Mint Discovered in 2,800-Year-Old Chi... by k_sze on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:37PM (#28100339)

The source article in Antiquity says Xingyang, Henan province. That’s 河南省滎陽市. Trying to pinpoint it now. (But even Henan may have multiple cities or municipalities with the same phonetic spelling. Crossing fingers.)

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Re:World’s Oldest Coin Mint Discovered in 2,800-Year-Old Chi... by yorwba on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:28PM (#28100742)

It's here, I think: https://www.google.com/maps/place/34%C2%B042'02.7%22N+113%C2...

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Re:World’s Oldest Coin Mint Discovered in 2,800-Year-Old Chi... by k_sze on Sunday August 08, 2021 @12:19AM (#28104179)

Thanks. I just found another article in Chinese that also says it’s 關莊（关庄）.

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