Coin, round with square hole

Museum number:
9-8229
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2-3898 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Obverse description: Round coin with square cut-out in center; damaged rim; 4 Chinese characters. Reverse description: 1 Chinese character. Type: “cash”. Copper alloy. Size 2.6 cm. Condition: damaged rim.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collection date:
before 1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin, round with square hole, accession number 9-8229, described as Obverse description: Round coin with square cut-out in center; damaged rim; 4 Chinese characters. Reverse description: 1 Chinese character. Type: “cash”. Copper alloy. Size 2.6 cm. Condition: damaged rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin, round with square hole, accession number 9-8229, described as Obverse description: Round coin with square cut-out in center; damaged rim; 4 Chinese characters. Reverse description: 1 Chinese character. Type: “cash”. Copper alloy. Size 2.6 cm. Condition: damaged rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin, round with square hole, accession number 9-8229, described as Obverse description: Round coin with square cut-out in center; damaged rim; 4 Chinese characters. Reverse description: 1 Chinese character. Type: “cash”. Copper alloy. Size 2.6 cm. Condition: damaged rim.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin, round with square hole, accession number 9-8229, described as Obverse description: Round coin with square cut-out in center; damaged rim; 4 Chinese characters. Reverse description: 1 Chinese character. Type: “cash”. Copper alloy. Size 2.6 cm. Condition: damaged rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin, round with square hole, accession number 9-8229, described as Obverse description: Round coin with square cut-out in center; damaged rim; 4 Chinese characters. Reverse description: 1 Chinese character. Type: “cash”. Copper alloy. Size 2.6 cm. Condition: damaged rim.

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