Chestnut Burr Coin, China, n.d.
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Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) chestnut burr coin,
- China, n.d. (BCE)
- Obverse Image: Dragon atop a rectangular coin with hundreds of stubby bristles.
- Obverse Text: Romanization:
- Reverse Image: Dragon atop a rectangular coin with hundreds of stubby bristles.
- Reverse Text: N/A
- General Information: Also called grater money, coiled dragon and stars, or knotted dragon big coins.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- n.d.
- ID Number
- 2017.0060.1627
- catalog number
- 2017.0060.1627
- collector/donor number
- 32055
- accession number
- 2017.0060
- Object Name
- coin
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- place made
- China
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- East Asian Coins
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1837649
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-078d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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