Coin: guang xu yuan bao

Museum number:
9-11885
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011885
Accession number:
Acc.2970
Description:
Coin, copper, China - Empire. Obverse: Chinese characters surrounding central ones. Reverse: Inscribed 'Kiang-Nan' over curled dragon. 'TEN CASH' below. Denomination: 10 CASH ND; 7.22 grams; good condition.
Donor:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD)
Collector:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chinese cash (system of money), Coins (money), and Dragons
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
Emperor Qing De Zong Ai Xin Jue Luo Zai Tian (1875-1908)
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin: guang xu yuan bao, accession number 9-11885, described as Coin, copper, China - Empire. Obverse: Chinese characters surrounding central ones. Reverse: Inscribed 'Kiang-Nan' over curled dragon. 'TEN CASH' below. Denomination: 10 CASH ND; 7.22 grams; good condition.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin: guang xu yuan bao, accession number 9-11885, described as Coin, copper, China - Empire. Obverse: Chinese characters surrounding central ones. Reverse: Inscribed 'Kiang-Nan' over curled dragon. 'TEN CASH' below. Denomination: 10 CASH ND; 7.22 grams; good condition.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin: guang xu yuan bao, accession number 9-11885, described as Coin, copper, China - Empire. Obverse: Chinese characters surrounding central ones. Reverse: Inscribed 'Kiang-Nan' over curled dragon. 'TEN CASH' below. Denomination: 10 CASH ND; 7.22 grams; good condition.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin: guang xu yuan bao, accession number 9-11885, described as Coin, copper, China - Empire. Obverse: Chinese characters surrounding central ones. Reverse: Inscribed 'Kiang-Nan' over curled dragon. 'TEN CASH' below. Denomination: 10 CASH ND; 7.22 grams; good condition.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: guang xu yuan bao, accession number 9-11885, described as Coin, copper, China - Empire. Obverse: Chinese characters surrounding central ones. Reverse: Inscribed 'Kiang-Nan' over curled dragon. 'TEN CASH' below. Denomination: 10 CASH ND; 7.22 grams; good condition.

Tools