QING DYNASTY COINS DISCOVERED IN WEST CHINA

      In a building site of Ningqiang County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, a large number of ancient coins were unearthed last Friday, which weighed 600 kilograms, said an official with Cultural Relics and Tourism Department of Ningqiang County Friday.

      The coins were found in a wooden case, 160 cm long, 80 cm wide and 30 cm high. The coins were orderly ranked in seven layers.

      The coins -- round and with square holes in the middle -- were confirmed by the local cultural relics department as those issued during by the Qing dynasty.