Altered Coin
About this object
History of use
Normal size circulating coin
Physical description
Round coin with a four-sided hole in the centre, and a rim around the outer edge and the centre hole. The obverse has four characters, and the reverse has three characters. Shunzhi tongbao (top-bottom right-left) in Chinese characters are on the obverse; 1 li left (weight), yang right (mintmark), in Chinese are on the reverse. Reverse characters have been carved away to make new characters; metal is missing from the rim bottom; reverse field raised b.
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Materials
Date Made
Qing Dynasty; Shunzhi Period (1644 ?-1654)
Date Acquired
1 Feb 1961
How Acquired
Donated
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Measurements
Overall: .1 cm x 2.5 cm
Object Number
Edz1963