Coin Item Number: Edz2320 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Coin, round, with a four-sided hole at the centre, a rim around the outer edge and a centre hole. The obverse has four characters, and the reverse has four characters with four additional characters incised in rim characters. Xianfeng zhongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in more relaxed style Chinese characters on obverse; boo fu left-right (mintmark) in Manchu, er shi top, bottom (two-ten=value 20), yi liang ji zhong top-bottom-right-left in Chinese on reverse. Rim pits; file marks rim edge; centre hole not filed; depressed areas in rim.
History Of Use
Large size circulating coin, value 20 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
- Edz2320
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- copper metal and iron metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast, filed and darkened
- Overall
- height 0.4 cm, diameter 4.7 cm, weight 40.94 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 p