Counterfeit Coin Item Number: Edz2280 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round coin with four characters across the top, a signature below, and one chop on the obverse; two characters across the top, two characters below, and one chop on the reverse. Edge rifling slanted left to right. Obverse has zhangzhou zhunxiang, (right-left) meaning zhangzhou soldiers' ration (money); signature below; chop ren (man). Reverse has zutsu (right-left), meaning pure pattern; dongheng (top, bottom), meaning generally circulating. Chop mark on reverse: circle on inverted crescent; chop mark on rim: crescent or most of circle, with part off the rim; lines on the rim.
History Of Use
Forgery for collectors. Original coin described in book written in 1846. Several early struck dollar-type coins exist of this period: from Taiwan, Fujian, and Shanghai during 1837-1862
Item History
- Made in Zhangzhou, Fujian, China ? between 1844 and 1911
- 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
- Edz2280
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- silver alloy metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- struck and rifled
- Overall
- height 0.25 cm, diameter 3.9 cm, weight 22.28261 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
- Zhangzhou, Fujian, China ?
When
- Creation Date
- between 1844 and 1911
- 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
- 0042/0066 c