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1 Mun - Goryeo Haedong Wonbo
| Issuer | Kingdom of Goryeo |
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| Year | 1097 |
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| Currency | Kingdom of Goryeo - Cast (918-1392) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Haedong Wonbo was part of Goryeo's repeated and largely unsuccessful attempts to establish a coin economy in a kingdom where grain and cloth remained the dominant exchange media. This particular type dates to the reign of Sukjong, who made the most concerted push of any Goryeo monarch to force metallic currency into daily commerce — including, by 1102, an outright prohibition on cloth transactions. The ban was abandoned within years. Hoarding was immediate, circulation was minimal, and most surviving examples show virtually no wear as a direct consequence.