Coin Item Number: Edz2702 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round, 4 sided hole in centre, rim around outer edge and centre hole, obverse 4 characters, no writing on reverse. Yongli tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in seal script. Rim pits, flaws; rough surfaces; small rims, large characters, large bottom part of bottom character.
History Of Use
Large sized circulating coin value 2. Made in Japan for Zheng Chenggong, with titles of Yongli. Zheng was subject to Yongli only when it suited Zheng's purposes; Zheng was a pirate-merchant.
Item History
- Made in Nagasaki, Japan during 1649
- 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
- Edz2702
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast, darkened and filed
- Overall
- height 0.13 cm, diameter 2.74 cm, weight 3.68 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
- Nagasaki, Japan
When
- Creation Date
- during 1649
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before February 1, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on February 1, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 83
- Accession Number
- 0042/0040 y