Coin Item Number: Edz2166 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. Qianlong tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in Chinese characters are on the obverse; boo cuwan left-right (mintmark) in Manchu are on the reverse. Three holes in the fields left-top and left-bottom; parts of the outer and inner rims are missing; raised reverse fields on the top and bottom; some characters are broken.
History Of Use
Normal sized circulating coin
Item History
- Made in Chengdu, Sichuan, China between 1736 and 1795
- 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
- Coin
- Identification Number
- Edz2166
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast, darkened and filed
- Overall
- height 0.12 cm, diameter 2.51 cm, weight 3.01 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
- Chengdu, Sichuan, China
When
- Creation Date
- between 1736 and 1795
- 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
- 0042/0001 q