A joint archaeological team formed by China and Uzbekistan has discovered a large number ... influenced by our Chinese culture," said Liu. The unearthed silk and coins at the Mengchaktepa site ...

MAEBASHI--Archaeologists uncovered an estimated 100,000 ancient coins, some of which are of Chinese origin and are ... Because the site was near large residences of important people in medieval ...

They modeled the pieces after Chinese coins with square holes in the middle. The holes allowed people to string large amounts of coins together. In general, they would add 100 coins per string.