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| Emittent | Goryeo (918-1392) |
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| Jahr | 998-1105 |
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| Währung | Cast Coinage (918-1392) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central square perforation surrounded by a plain inner rim, with four Chinese characters in clerical script (lishu) arranged in cruciform order around the hole. Reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left, the legend reads 東國重寶 (Tong Guk Chung Bo), meaning 'Heavy Treasure of the Eastern Nation.' The characters are rendered in bold, squared strokes characteristic of Goryeo cast coinage, set within a flat, unadorned field bounded by a plain outer rim. The flan shows typical casting irregularities along the edges, consistent with the hand-casting methods employed during the Goryeo dynasty. |
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| Averslegende | 東國重寶 (Translation: 東 (Tong): East 國 (Guk): Nation or Country 重 (Chung): Heavy or Important 寶 (Bo): Treasure) |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The Tonggukchobo was Korea's first government-issued copper coinage, ordered by Mokjong in 996 and entering circulation around 998. The project was a deliberate attempt to displace the centuries-old grain and cloth commodity currency that still dominated everyday exchange — an attempt that largely failed. The Korean agricultural economy resisted coined money stubbornly, and despite repeated royal edicts mandating its use, the issue circulated poorly outside the capital Gaegyeong.
Production continued sporadically under successive Goryeo kings through the early twelfth century before the state effectively abandoned the experiment.