Item number: A2829

Year: ND

Material: Copper

Size: 31.5 x 31.1 x 1.6~2.3 mm

Weight: 16.15 g

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2020

This is a privately issued token of uncertain exact date, but it can be broadly attributed to the transitional period between the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China. It is made of copper and was issued by a private money exchange or banking establishment.

The token adopts a Western-style coin design but retains the traditional Chinese square-hole motif at its centre. On the obverse, surrounding the square, the inscription “大洋伍分” (Dayang Wufen, meaning “Five Cents of the Dollar”) is engraved in Chinese characters, arranged in a clockwise sequence—top, bottom, right, and left—indicating that the token’s face value was equivalent to five cents of a silver dollar. The reverse side is in considerably poorer condition, with most details worn beyond recognition, though faint traces of text remain visible at the centre.

物件編號: A2829

年代: 不明

材質: 紅銅

尺寸: 31.5 x 31.1 x 1.6~2.3 mm

重量: 16.15 g

來源: 福君錢幣 2020

這是一枚確切年代不明，但是能大致推估時代為晚清至民國之際，由私人的錢莊發行的代幣，材質為銅。

代幣造型為西式錢幣，但是仍在中間保留傳統的方孔圖案造型。代幣正面圍繞著方框，按照上、下、右、左的順序以漢字打印「大洋伍分」，代表這枚代幣的面額相當於五分的銀幣。代幣背面的保存情形更為糟糕，多數的細節無法辨認但中央依稀有些文字。