中国第一次发现西周铜贝是陕西省周原扶风文管所

China’s First Xi Zhou Dynasty’s Copper Coin

China’s first Xi Zhou Dynasty’s copper coin was discovered in the early of year 1986 by staffs of Shan Xi Province Zhou Yuan Town Fu Feng（扶风）Ancient Heritage Management Dept.

It’s a rare copper shell coin with lenth 1.5cm, width 1.2cm and weight 2.9g. Its’ apperance was emerald color, looking like a grinding seashell coin ( a kind of seashell coin).

Archaeologists recognized that it was the first Xi Zhou Dynasty copper coin discovered since before it, most of the unearthed currency were seashell.