Archaeologists in China have begun “the daunting task of cleaning, derusting, classifying weighing, cataloging and studying 5.6 metric tons of coins.”
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/50238
The coins were found Oct.13, 2007, during construction work on a house in Chalian Village in Jiangxi Province and date from the Song Dynasty, 960-1279.
The process is expected to take at least two or three years.
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