Coin Item Number: Edz2617 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round, 4 sided hole in centre, rim around outer edge and centre hole, obverse 4 characters, 1 character on reverse. Chongzhen tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in Chinese characters on obverse; lu (abbreviated) bottom (mintmark), Chinese character, dot top on reverse.
History Of Use
Normal sized circulating coin
Item History
- Made in Luzhou, Sichuan, China between 1628 and 1644
- 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
- Edz2617
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast, filed and darkened
- Overall
- height 0.11 cm, diameter 2.31 cm, weight 2.96 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
- Luzhou, Sichuan, China
When
- Creation Date
- between 1628 and 1644
- 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
- 0042/0063 oo