China's oldest currency discovered
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Anthropologist Bill Maurer explains the significant of the recent discovery of the oldest known Chinese metal currency unearthed at the site of a foundary in the ancient city of Guanzhuang which was established about 800 BC. Hao Zhao, an archaeologist at Zhengzhou University lead the research which has been published in the journal Antiquity.