Aerial photo taken on August 9 the ruins of Guanzhuang in Xingyang City, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. (Photo/ VCG)
Chinese archaeologists from Zhengzhou University have confirmed that a bronzeware casting workshop at the ruin had begun to mint standardized metal money around 640-550 BC, making it the earliest known coin making workshop in the world.
A paper on the coin workshop has been published by Antiquity, a peer-reviewed journal of world archaeology.
Aerial photo taken on August 9 the ruins of Guanzhuang in Xingyang City, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. (Photo/ VCG)
Aerial photo taken on August 9 the ruins of Guanzhuang in Xingyang City, Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province. (Photo/ VCG)
Chinese archaeologists from Zhengzhou University have confirmed that a bronzeware casting workshop at the ruin had begun to mint standardized metal money around 640-550 BC, making it the earliest known coin making workshop in the world.
A paper on the coin workshop has been published by Antiquity, a peer-reviewed journal of world archaeology.
