Coin Item Number: Edz2696 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. File marks; rim depressions, pits; thick outer rim, smaller characters, large bottom part of bottom character; thick reverse rims.

History Of Use

Large sized circulating coin value 2. Made in Japan for Zheng Chenggong, with titles of Yongli. Zheng was only a subject of Yongli when it suited Zheng's purposes; Zheng was a pirate-merchant.

Item History

What

Name
Coin
Identification Number
Edz2696
Type of Item
coin
Material
brass metal
Manufacturing Technique
cast, filed and darkened
Overall
height 0.11 cm, diameter 2.82 cm, weight 4.43 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
good
Accession Number
0042/0040 s