Four pottery objects and 36 Chinese coins were found next to the left hand.
Historical Chinese coins with defenestrated section were strung as beads.
The Chinese coins, however, were a different concept and they were made of bronze.
Chinese coins continued to circulate in Brunei until around the second half of the 19th century.
These round, pierced Chinese coins remained virtually unchanged until the 1800s.
Purchases are made with antique Chinese coins; exchange your renminbi at the top of the street.
When, in addition, I see a Chinese coin hanging from your watch chain, the matter becomes even more simple.
It was an old Chinese coin his grandfather had sent him, held by the chain strung through the square hole in its center.
Pre-modern Chinese coins were always cast bronze or brass issues.
It is not clear when the influx of Chinese coins began.