Coin Item Number: Edz2697 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; missing metal inside centre rim top; large rims, small characters, large bottom part of bottom character; large reverse rims.

History Of Use

Large sized circulating coin value 2. Reverse characters refer to coin's value in silver

Item History

What

Name
Coin
Identification Number
Edz2697
Type of Item
coin
Material
brass metal
Manufacturing Technique
cast, filed and darkened
Overall
height 0.15 cm, diameter 2.83 cm, weight 5.83 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
Accession Number
0042/0040 t