Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1893 — Coins Twenty-three Centuries Old. [ARTICLE]

Coins Twenty-three Centuries Old.

Some Chinese coins are of but onetwentieth of the value of an American cent. The Celestial Kingdom has many enthusiastic coin collectors. In one notable collection there are more than 150,000 varieties of cash, the oldest of which date back as far as 2300 B. C.