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 one character at the top. Shunzhi tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in Chinese characters are on the obverse; xiang (mintmark), in Chinese is on the reverse. Rim flaw to the top-right; cracks and rim flaws to the right and the bottom-right.