Coin Item Number: Edz1856 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. Abkai fulingga han jiha (left-right-top-bottom) in Manchu script, meaning, money of the khan abkai fulingga are on the obverse.
History Of Use
Normal size circulating coin. Nurachi united the Manchu tribes, and his descendants became the Qing emperors.
Narrative
Hetu-ala's name was changed in 1635, to Xingjing.
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
- Edz1856
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast and darkened
- Overall
- height 0.141 cm, diameter 2.783 cm, weight 5.69 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0042/0007 b