Coin Item Number: Edz2329 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round coin with an angled rim, a four-sided hole in centre, and a rim around the outer edge and centre hole. Both faces have four Chinese characters. Xianfeng zhongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in more relaxed style Chinese characters on obverse; boo fu left-right (mintmark) in Manchu, er bai top, bottom (one-hundred = value 100) in Chinese on reverse. Character shan (mountain) incuse on obverse rim, and character ? incuse on reverse rim. File marks evident on rim, which has flaws and pits.
History Of Use
Large size circulating coin, value 100 cash coins. Higher value, due to inflation and military payments during Taiping uprising.
Item History
- Made in Fuzhou, Fujian, China between 1851 and 1861
- 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
- Edz2329
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- copper metal and iron metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast, filed and darkened
- Overall
- height 0.8 cm, diameter 7.2 cm, weight 190.71 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
- Fuzhou, Fujian, China
When
- Creation Date
- between 1851 and 1861
- 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
- 0042/0023 m