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Object Number 991-12-60/15010
Display Title Casting of metal coins, Also Referred to as a Coin Spear Blade
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Casting of metal coins, also referred to as a coin spear blade. Tip has broken off. (Valued by Yamanaka & Co. in 1940 at $15.00.) <transliteration> (Chinese name). 57.5 cm. (l) x 7.4 cm. (w) x 1.8 cm. (d).
Inventory Description Coin, twenty eight cast metal coins, still connected by sprue
Classification
  • Coin
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Materials Iron, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 57.5 x 7.3 x 2 cm (22 5/8 x 2 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15010; 392
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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