Altered Coin

About this object

History of use

Normal sized circulating coin. Sides from two coins, rejoined

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 four characters. Qianlong tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in Chinese characters are on the obverse; reverse same as the obverse. Rim flaw; centre hole is not square.