Altered Coin Item Number: Edz1968 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round coin with a four-sided hole in the centre, and a rim around the outer edge and the centre hole. The obverse has four characters, and the reverse has two characters. Shunzhi tongbao (top-bottom right-left) in Chinese characters are on the obverse; yuwan left in Manchu, yuan right in Chinese (mintmark) are on the reverse. Rims are engraved with waves, reverse top is engraved with a sun, reverse bottom is engraved with a carp, waves; section out of left character and left centre rim.
History Of Use
Normal size circulating coin. Ornamented to be a good luck charm
Item History
- Made in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China between 1644 and 1661
- Collected between 1893 and 1911
- Owned by Colin Campbell Brown
- Owned by Hugh Campbell Brown before February 1, 1961
- Received from Hugh Campbell Brown (Donor) on February 1, 1961
What
- Name
- Altered Coin
- Identification Number
- Edz1968
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast, filed and darkened
- Overall
- height 0.097 cm, diameter 2.863 cm, weight 3.87 g
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Colin Campbell Brown and Hugh Campbell Brown
- Received from
- Hugh Campbell Brown (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
When
- Creation Date
- between 1644 and 1661
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before February 1, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on February 1, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0042/0002 ss