1 Cash of Guangxu from Guangdong | Yale University Art Gallery

1875–1908

Medium: copper
Dimensions: 2.80 g, 12:00, 24.13 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Paul M. Atkins, B.A. 1914
Accession Number: 2001.87.55806
Geography: Made in Guangdong, China
Culture: Chinese
Period: 19th–20th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Four Chinese characters Guang Xu Tong Bao.

Reverse Description: Two Manchu characters Bao Guang.

Provenance

Paul M. Atkins, to about 1972; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1972 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

cash (Chinese money), coins, money

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