Coin Item Number: Ej420 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round, square centre hole, outer and inner rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, 8 crescents on reverse; quang trung thong bao in Chinese characters, read top-bottom-right-left on obverse; reverse has 4 inward and 4 outward crescents at top, bottom, right, and left.
History Of Use
Normal-sized circulating coin
Item History
- Made in Annam (Vietnam) between 1778 and 1792
- 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
- Ej420
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- iron metal and brass metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast and filed
- Overall
- height 0.06 cm, diameter 2.46 cm, weight 1.82 g
Who
- Culture
- Vietnamese
- 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
- Annam (Vietnam)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1778 and 1792
- 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
- 0042/0043 w