Counterfeit Coin Item Number: Edz1858 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
Forgery for collectors; classic counterfeit of the coinage of Nurhaci, 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
- Counterfeit Coin
- Identification Number
- Edz1858
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast and darkened
- Overall
- height 0.143 cm, diameter 2.872 cm, weight 6.56 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 h