Counterfeit Coin
Item number Ed5.3317 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Oval; design top, bottom; characters above, below; horizontal lines; 4 characters in circles; flower in circle. Obverse has panduras leaves in fan-shaped frame top, bottom; denomination in top frame; signatures in bottom frame; 4 columns of horizontal lines. Reverse has flower stamp top- left; signature stamp top-right; shogunate stamp centre; 2 stamps bottom left.
History Of Use
Value 1 koban kin (gold).
Narrative
Piece appears to be brass, not gold. The stamps on the coin do not match illustrations seen while cataloguing.
Item History
- Made in Tokyo, Japan between 1819 and 1828
- Owned by Mantaro Miyamoto before April 18, 1979
- Received from Mantaro Miyamoto (Donor) on April 18, 1979
What
- Name
- Counterfeit Coin
- Identification Number
- Ed5.3317
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- struck, scribed and punched
- Overall
- height 0.1 cm, width 3.37 cm, weight 13.19 g
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tokyo, Japan
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Mantaro Miyamoto
- Received from
- Mantaro Miyamoto (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1819 and 1828
- Ownership Date
- before April 18, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on April 18, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0522/0082
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