Coin Item Number: Edz1879 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 one character to the right. Shunzhi tongbao (top bottom right left) in Chinese characters are on the obverse; yang (mintmark), in Chinese is on the reverse. Some metal is inside the centre hole to the left.
History Of Use
Normal size circulating coin
Item History
- Made in Yanggao, Shanxi, China between 1644 and 1650
- 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
- Edz1879
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast and darkened
- Overall
- height 0.089 cm, diameter 2.482 cm, weight 2.7 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
- Yanggao, Shanxi, China
When
- Creation Date
- between 1644 and 1650
- 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 r