Altered Coin Item Number: Edz2893 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Round, 4-sided hole in centre, rims around outer edge and centre hole, obverse 4 characters, character and dot on reverse. Kaiyuan tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in orthodox Chinese characters on obverse; yue (bottom), mintmark, Chinese character, dot (top) on reverse. Centre hole twisted.

History Of Use

Possible forgery. Light weight

Item History

What

Name
Altered Coin
Identification Number
Edz2893
Type of Item
coin
Material
brass metal ?
Manufacturing Technique
cast, filed and darkened
Overall
height 0.14 cm, diameter 2.32 cm, weight 3.4 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
Yuezhou, Zhejiang, China

When

Creation Date
between 841 and 846
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
0042/0024 ff