Coin

About this object

History of use

Large sized circulating coin value 2. Made in Japan for Zheng Jing, son of Zheng Chenggong, with titles of Yongli, after Yongli's death. Using this title was anti-Qing propaganda.

Physical description

Round, 4 sided hole in centre, rim around outer edge and centre hole, obverse 4 characters, no writing on reverse. Yongli tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in regular-running script Chinese characters. Rim pits, flaws; extra metal in centre hole; file marks.