Coin

Museum number:
9-11878
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011878
Accession number:
Acc.2970
Description:
Coin, bronze, China ? Kwangtung. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Worn, almost illegible. Reverse: Two characters flanking square hole, possibly Manchu. Denomination ? 1 Wen ND; 1.4 grams; poor condition.
Donor:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter
Collection place:
China
Culture or time period:
Manchu people
Collector:
Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin, accession number 9-11878, described as Coin, bronze, China ? Kwangtung. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Worn, almost illegible. Reverse: Two characters flanking square hole, possibly Manchu. Denomination ? 1 Wen ND; 1.4 grams; poor condition.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin, accession number 9-11878, described as Coin, bronze, China ? Kwangtung. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Worn, almost illegible. Reverse: Two characters flanking square hole, possibly Manchu. Denomination ? 1 Wen ND; 1.4 grams; poor condition.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin, accession number 9-11878, described as Coin, bronze, China ? Kwangtung. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Worn, almost illegible. Reverse: Two characters flanking square hole, possibly Manchu. Denomination ? 1 Wen ND; 1.4 grams; poor condition.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin, accession number 9-11878, described as Coin, bronze, China ? Kwangtung. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Worn, almost illegible. Reverse: Two characters flanking square hole, possibly Manchu. Denomination ? 1 Wen ND; 1.4 grams; poor condition.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin, accession number 9-11878, described as Coin, bronze, China ? Kwangtung. Obverse: Chinese characters on each side of square hole, center. Worn, almost illegible. Reverse: Two characters flanking square hole, possibly Manchu. Denomination ? 1 Wen ND; 1.4 grams; poor condition.

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