永乐店Yongledian

原表行号：120；出土时间：2013；原表总数：1111.111111111111；原表总重：20kg；地点备注：窖藏，近日，通州永乐店镇发现大量锈蚀古钱币，经文物部门鉴定，新出土的古币是春秋战国时期燕国使用的明文刀币，也是目前通州出土的品相最好和数量最多的刀币。日前，永乐店镇临沟屯村村民李有为主动联系文物部门，称发现了若干出土古币。通州区文物所当即派人来到该村。在一农家院内，工作人员看到了两纸箱古币，其中一箱多是残旧破损的碎币，另一箱的古币比较完整，但也因长年锈蚀，数枚刀形古币粘连重叠。两纸箱古币，有20公斤重。笔者看到，古币呈刀形，刀背的部分稍厚，刀刃较薄，整体微弧，全长10余厘米。整个古币分刀体和刀把儿两部分，刀把儿上有一圆孔，刀币上铸有古篆体的明文，但因年久腐蚀锈厚，字形已经难以辨认。距今约2400年的刀币在历史上流行的时间很短，因而存世量相对较少。但是永顺镇红果园、张家湾镇里二泗以及坨堤都曾出土过战国时期刀币，可是品相和数量，都不及临沟屯村此次出土的燕国刀币。

Original table row No.: 120; Excavation year: 2013; Original total count: 1111.111111111111; Original total weight: 20kg; Location remark: Hoard. Recently, a large quantity of corroded ancient coins was discovered in Yongledian Town, Tongzhou. Identified by the cultural relics authorities, the newly unearthed ancient coins are Ming-inscribed knife coins used by the state of Yan during the Spring and Autumn/Warring States period, and represent the best-preserved and largest batch of knife coins yet found in Tongzhou. Li Youwei, a resident of Lingoutun Village in Yongledian Town, proactively contacted the cultural relics authorities to report the discovery of a number of ancient coins. Staff from the Tongzhou District Cultural Relics Institute went to the village at once. In a farmhouse courtyard, staff found two cardboard boxes of ancient coins; one box mostly contained broken and worn fragments, while the coins in the other box were relatively intact, though after years of corrosion several knife-shaped coins had fused together. The two boxes of coins weighed 20 kg in total. The coins are knife-shaped, with a slightly thicker spine and thinner blade, the whole body gently curved, and a total length of over 10 cm. Each coin consists of a blade and a handle, with a round hole in the handle; the coins bear ancient seal-script Ming inscriptions, but these are difficult to make out due to heavy corrosion after long burial. Knife coins from about 2,400 years ago circulated for only a short time historically and so survive in relatively small numbers. However, Warring States-period knife coins have also previously been unearthed at Hongguoyuan in Yongshun Town, Li'ersi in Zhangjiawan Town, and Tuodi, though none matched the condition or quantity of the Yan-state knife coins unearthed this time at Lingoutun Village.