Coin Item Number: Edz1859 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 is without characters. Tianming tongbao (top bottom right left) in Chinese characters are on the obverse. Slightly irregular shape.
History Of Use
Normal size circulating coin. Chinese-script issue of Nurhaci, who unified the Manchu tribes and whose descendants became the Qing emperors.
Item History
- Made in Xingjing, Dongbei, China and Hetu-Ala, Dongbei, China between 1616 and 1625
- 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
- Edz1859
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast and darkened
- Overall
- height 0.147 cm, diameter 2.636 cm, weight 5.65 g
Who
- Culture
- Chinese
- Previous Owner
- Colin Campbell Brown and Hugh Campbell Brown
- Received from
- Hugh Campbell Brown (Donor)
Where
When
- Creation Date
- between 1616 and 1625
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before February 1, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on February 1, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 83
- Accession Number
- 0042/0007 a