1 Cash (wen) of Shunzhi Emperor from Shandong Mint: Shandong province (China)
Ruler: Shunzhi, Emperor of China, 1638–1661, ruled 1643–61

1646–52

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

copper

Dimensions

3.68 g, 12:00, 25.38 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Charles William Bradley, M.A. 1846 (Hon.)

Accession Number

2001.87.46207

Geography

Made in Shandong province, China

Culture

Chinese

Period

17th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Four Chinese characters Shun Zhi Tong Bao.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: A Chinese character Dong on the top.
Provenance
Charles William Bradley, New Haven, Conn., to about 1865; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1865 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

cash (Chinese money), coins, money

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