About
The Early Chinese Coin Finds Database catalogues archaeological discoveries of pre-Qin to early Han coinage across China, covering knife coins, round coins, spade coins, and related types from validated publication records. Each record links a find site to its geographic location, archaeological context, coin typology, and bibliographic sources, and sites are georeferenced where possible and summarized by major and minor typology, inscriptions, mints, and issuing states.
Using this Site
Mint TownsBrowse documented mint towns as a searchable catalog, with locations and coin output.→Coin TypesBrowse the full coin typology tree as a searchable catalog, with find counts by category.→Museum CollectionsView photographed specimens from the American Numismatic Society collection, mapped by mint town.→Map VisualizationsVisualize find-site and mint-town distributions on interactive maps, as points or density, filterable by coin type or mint.→SearchFilter find sites directly by location precision, coin type, mint, and more.→
Database Schema
A diagram of how sites, finds, coin types, and mints relate to one another.
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