Altered Coin Item Number: Ej167 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Round, square centre hole, outer and inner rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, lines on reverse; nguyen phong thong bao in Chinese seal script characters, read top-right-bottom-left on obverse; reverse worn almost flat; reverse appears to have lines- horizontal at bottom and vertical at left.

History Of Use

Normal-sized circulating coin ; portion or the rim removed after coin was made

Item History

What

Name
Altered Coin
Identification Number
Ej167
Type of Item
coin
Material
iron metal and copper metal
Manufacturing Technique
cast and filed
Overall
height 0.08 cm, diameter 2.19 cm, weight 2.05 g

Who

Culture
Vietnamese
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
Annam (Vietnam)

When

Creation Date
between 1251 and 1257
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
0042/0016 yyy