String of Cash
Coin
17692B
From: China | Hong Kong | Japan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 17692B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Korean |
| Provenience | China | Hong Kong | Japan |
| Period | Joseon Dynasty |
| Date Made | 19th Century - 1895 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Metal |
| Description | A group of two hundred and twenty four coins from China, Japan, and Hong Kong. Two sets of coins are on a cord and a third set is on a maroon piece of string. Another set consists of various singular free floating coins. Most of the coins are from the Qing Dynasty. Two are from Japan and three are from Hong Kong with dates of 1863 and 1866. Three of the coins from Hong Kong are strung at the end of the cord holding together one of the sets of coins. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. E. B. Landis, 1896 |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.