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1 Mun Cho Son Tong Bo, Iron
| Uitgever | Joseon (1392-1897) |
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| Jaar | 1427 |
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| Gewicht | 4.3 g |
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| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
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| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Cast round coin with a central square perforation, typical of East Asian cash coinage. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central square hole: 朝 (top), 鮮 (bottom), 通 (right), and 寶 (left), reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left as 朝鮮通寶 (Joseon Tongbo, meaning 'Joseon currency'). The characters are raised in low relief against a flat, unadorned field. An outer raised rim encircles the coin, with a corresponding inner rim framing the square perforation. The surface shows the dark, oxidized patina characteristic of iron or iron-alloy cast coinage. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | 朝 寶 通 鮮 (Translation: Joseon currency) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The Cho Son Tong Bo was introduced under King Sejong as part of a broader push to establish coin-based commerce in a kingdom where cloth and grain stubbornly persisted as the dominant exchange media. Iron-alloy issues like this one were minted precisely because copper was chronically scarce on the peninsula — a problem that would continue to undermine Joseon coinage policy for generations. Popular resistance to metallic currency remained so entrenched that the government eventually abandoned the effort entirely; coins would not circulate with any real success in Korea until the late seventeenth century.