RRN - Items - MOA: Edz4113 - Coin

Coin Item Number: Edz4113 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Round, square hole in centre, outer and inner rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, 2 characters on reverse. Obverse has minguo dongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in Chinese characters. Reverse has dang shi (value 10) top-bottom in Chinese characters.

History Of Use

Large sized circulating coin

Item History

Made in Yunnanfu, Yunnan, China ? between 1911 and 1915
Owned by Graham E. Johnson before May 25, 1985
Received from Graham E. Johnson (Donor) on May 25, 1985

What

Name: Coin
Identification Number: Edz4113
Type of Item: coin
Material: copper metal
Manufacturing Technique: cast and filed
Overall: height 0.15 cm, diameter 2.81 cm, weight 5.72 g

Who

Culture: Chinese
Previous Owner: Graham E. Johnson
Received from: Graham E. Johnson (Donor)

Where

Holding Institution: MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in: Yunnanfu, Yunnan, China ?

When

Creation Date: between 1911 and 1915
Ownership Date: before May 25, 1985
Acquisition Date: on May 25, 1985

Other

Item Classes: metalwork
Condition: good
Accession Number: 1035/0001