Coin Item Number: Edz1860 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.
History Of Use
Normal size circulating coin. Chinese script issue of Nurachi, who united the Manchu tribes. His 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
- Edz1860
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast and darkened
- Overall
- height 0.121 cm, diameter 2.503 cm, weight 4.5 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
- Accession Number
- 0042/0007 g