MAEBASHI--Archaeologists uncovered an estimated 100,000 ancient coins, some of which are of Chinese origin and are ... of important people in medieval Japan, the coins were likely hastily buried ...

A company in Japan found thousands of “phantom” coins, believed to have been destroyed after World War II, in a warehouse.

Centuries ago, Japanese warriors may have buried a hoard of more than 100,000 coins. Last year, archaeologists in Japan dug them up. The coin stash was unearthed during excavations in advance of ...