A mint where copper coins were minted during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD) was discovered by Chinese archaeologists during excavations in the area of ​​Zhaolong Village near Xi'an, the administrative center of Shaanxi Province. , in the northwestern part of China, reports BTA.

Numerous copper coins, casting molds, metal melting vessels and other artifacts were found during the excavations.

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Scholars suggest that the mint operated in the early period of the existence of the Han Empire, before the rise to power of Emperor Wang Man.

The excavation of this important national center and its finds are of great importance to the study of coinage technology, coinage and economic policy of this historical period, said Zhang Jianfeng of the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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