coin; charm

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Object Type: coin; charm
Museum number: 1908,0605.8
Description: Copper alloy coin-shaped charm. (whole); Daikoku and Ebisu (left and right of hole); two-character inscription (above and below hole). (obverse)
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 26.50 millimetres; Weight: 5.41 grammes
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Daikoku 大黒; Representation of: Ebisu 恵比寿
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Lady Sophia Raffles; Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Acquisition date: 1908
Acquisition notes: From a group of coins registered as a donation in 1908, with a note (in the hand of John Allan) in the Coins and Medals register "These coins were found in parcel in Keeper's Study and have been transferred from Med. Mod. since 1859".
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1908,0605.8

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