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English: Western Han Dynasty gold discs, Shaanxi History Museum
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Gold Discs
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8)
Excavated from Dongshilipu village, Tanjia town, Weiyang District, Xi'an City
Also called Cake-shaped Gold. Altogether 219 discs, each weighs 227.6-254.4g, were excavated from a hoard, their numbers are the biggest among the unearthed gold discs of Han dynasty. Most of them bear characters, marks or stamps or impressions. They were not the circulating currency, and were mainly used as rewards and gifts.
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