Altered Coin

About this object

History of use

Normal size circulating coin. Portion of rim removed

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 two characters. Shunzhi tongbao (top-bottom right-left) in Chinese characters are on the obverse; boo yuwan left, right (mintmark), in Manchu are on the reverse. Rims are smoothed, giving an octagonal effect.