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1 Mun Hae Dong Chung Bo
| Issuer | Goryeo (918-1392) |
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| Year | 1103 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Round cast bronze coin with a central square perforation, typical of East Asian cash coinage. The four-character legend 海東重寶 (Hae Dong Chung Bo, meaning 'Heavy Treasure of the Eastern Sea') is arranged in cruciform fashion around the central square hole, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left in the conventional manner. The characters are rendered in regular script (kaishu) in raised relief against a flat field. The obverse surface shows a raised inner rim surrounding the square hole and a plain outer rim, both characteristic of Goryeo dynastic cast coinage. The coin displays an aged dark patina with typical surface porosity consistent with the sand-casting technique employed. |
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| Obverse lettering | 海東重寶 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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