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| Issuer | Kingdom of Goryeo |
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| Year | 1097-1105 |
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| Weight | 3.5-4.5 g |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (Cursive script) |
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| Mintage | ND (1097-1105) |
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Issued under King Sukjong, who made the most sustained attempt in Goryeo's history to establish a functioning coin economy in a kingdom where cloth and grain had served as exchange media for centuries. The cursive script variant is attributed to the same reform push that produced multiple calligraphic styles across a single denomination — a deliberate signal of imperial sophistication rather than a functional distinction.
The experiment largely failed. Merchants and commoners continued preferring commodity currency long after Sukjong's death in 1105.