Altered Coin
About this object
History of use
Normal sized circulating coin
Physical description
Round, 4-sided hole in centre, rims around outer edge and centre hole, obverse 4 characters, character and 2 dots on reverse. Kaiyuan tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in orthodox Chinese characters on obverse; e (top), mintmark, Chinese character, 2 dots (bottom) on reverse. Inner hole off-centre.
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Materials
Date Made
Tang Dynasty; Huichang Period (841-846)
Date Acquired
1 Feb 1961
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
0.14 x 2.33 cm
Object Number
Edz2910