Counterfeit Dollar, China, Formosa, 1235-1237
Counterfeit Dollar, China, Formosa, 1235-1237
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) counterfeit dollar coin, Tao Kuang
- China, Formosa, 1235-1237 (1837 counterfeit)
- Obverse Image: Bust of the Genius of Longevity with four words on the breast, on left and right are seal characters with Buddhist Swastika.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: KU / P'ING / CH'I / ERH / HSU / WEN / YIN / PING / TAO / KUANG / NIEN / CHU (Translation: Seven Mace and two candereens, silver cake of the standard purity (or sycee) cast in the time of Tao Kuang.)
- Reverse Image: Vase enclosed by four Manchu characters, above and below is Taiwanese transcript of the Chinese name for Formosa, where the coin was cast; two characters to the left.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: ? ? / ? / KIYAKI / K'U (Translation: local name in Formosa, Treasury)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- Date made
- 1235-1237
- date made
- 1837
- place made
- China
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 41 mm; 1/32 in x 1 5/8 in
- ID Number
- NU.32055.1235
- catalog number
- 32055.1235
- accession number
- 32055
- Credit Line
- Bequest of George B. Glover
- subject
- Formosa
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- East Asian Coins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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