Coin Item Number: Ed1.388 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round, square hole in centre, outer and inner rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, 3 characters on reverse. Sang p'yong t'ong bo top-bottom-right-left on obverse. Reverse has t'ong (mintmark) top, hwang (meaning yellow) bottom, trigram chin right
History Of Use
Large sized circulating coin, value 2
Item History
- Made in Tongyang, Korea between 1742 and 1752
- 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
- Ed1.388
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast and filed
- Overall
- height 0.14 cm, diameter 3.05 cm, weight 5.72 g
Who
- Culture
- Korean
- 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
- Tongyang, Korea
When
- Creation Date
- between 1742 and 1752
- Collection Date
- between 1893 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before February 1, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on February 1, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 77
- Accession Number
- 0042/0030 h