Coin: qian long tong bao

Museum number:
9-11881
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011881
Accession number:
Acc.2970
Description:
Coin, brass, China. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Reverse: two Chinese characters one at each side of square hole. Denotes Mint place. 3.8 grams.
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.
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
Emperor Gao Zong Ai Xin Jue Luo Hong Li, 1736-1796 AD
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin: qian long tong bao, accession number 9-11881, described as Coin, brass, China. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Reverse: two Chinese characters one at each side of square hole. Denotes Mint place. 3.8 grams.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin: qian long tong bao, accession number 9-11881, described as Coin, brass, China. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Reverse: two Chinese characters one at each side of square hole. Denotes Mint place. 3.8 grams.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin: qian long tong bao, accession number 9-11881, described as Coin, brass, China. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Reverse: two Chinese characters one at each side of square hole. Denotes Mint place. 3.8 grams.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin: qian long tong bao, accession number 9-11881, described as Coin, brass, China. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Reverse: two Chinese characters one at each side of square hole. Denotes Mint place. 3.8 grams.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: qian long tong bao, accession number 9-11881, described as Coin, brass, China. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Reverse: two Chinese characters one at each side of square hole. Denotes Mint place. 3.8 grams.

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