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Iwami Ginzan silver mine
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokensPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).
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Why this spot
Edo-period silver mountain that once supplied a third of the world's silver
UNESCO World Heritage mining landscape with full documentation.
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