HANOI, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) --
A jar containing Chinese ancient coins dating back to the 10th or 11th century
has been unearthed in Vietnam's central Quang Tri province, local newspaper
Saigon Liberation reported Thursday.
A metal scrap collector from Trieu Phong district
found the bronze coins weighing some 34 kg one meter below the earth surface.
One side of many coins has four Chinese characters.
Most of the coins were made in China between the 11th
century and the 12 century in the North Sung Dynasty, and the remainder in
Vietnam in the 15th century, said Le Duc Tho, vice director of the Quang Tri
Museum.
In Quang Tri, many kinds of Vietnamese and Chinese
ancient coins have been unearthed by local residents in recent
years.
