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English: Western Han Dynasty gold discs, Shaanxi History Museum

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Gold Discs
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8)
Excavated from Dongshilipu village, Tanjia town, Weiyang District, Xi'an City
Also called Cake-shaped Gold. Altogether 219 discs, each weighs 227.6-254.4g, were excavated from a hoard, their numbers are the biggest among the unearthed gold discs of Han dynasty. Most of them bear characters, marks or stamps or impressions. They were not the circulating currency, and were mainly used as rewards and gifts.
中文（繁體）：陝西歷史博物館藏西漢金餅

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金餅
西漢 (公元前206年 - 公元8年)
西安市未央區譚家鄉東十里鋪村出土
也稱餅金。共219枚，每枚重227.6-254.4克，總重量54116.1克，是2011年海昏侯墓发掘以前漢代金餅出土數量最多的一次。絕大多數有戳記、戳印，部份兼有文字、符號等刻銘。非流通貨幣，主要用於賞賜和饋贈。
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