Coin Item Number: Edz1877 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round coin with a four-sided hole in the centre, and a rim around the outer edge and the centre hole. The obverse has four characters, and the reverse has one character to the right. Shunzhi tongbao (top bottom right left) in Chinese characters are on the obverse; tong (mint mark), in Chinese is on the reverse. Curved flaw at the rim top-right; missing metal at the rim bottom-left reverse.
History Of Use
Normal size circulating coin
Item History
- Made in Datong, Shanxi, China between 1644 and 1648
- 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
- Edz1877
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast and darkened
- Overall
- height 0.096 cm, diameter 2.561 cm, weight 3.46 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
- Datong, Shanxi, China
When
- Creation Date
- between 1644 and 1648
- 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
- 0042/0007 ii