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1 Mun, Heavenly body Ho
| Issuer | Joseon (1392-1897) |
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| Year | 1852 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central square hole surrounded by four characters in cruciform arrangement. The mint mark 户 (Ho), denoting the Hojo (Treasury Department), appears at the top. The cyclical date character 辰 (Chin), corresponding to the year 1852, is inscribed at the bottom. The series number 八 (8, meaning eighth series) appears at the left. The right position is blank or bears a furnace number. All characters are in regular script consistent with official Joseon cast coin production. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Heavenly body" series of Joseon mun coinage used a rotating system of mint marks drawn from traditional Korean cosmological and calendrical notation — each furnace within a casting facility received a distinct symbol, allowing attribution of defects and accountability across multiple simultaneous casting operations. The Ho (호) designation places this piece within that supervisory framework rather than identifying a specific geographic mint.
By 1852, the Joseon government was issuing cash coins from numerous agencies simultaneously, including the military, royal household offices, and provincial bureaus — a decentralization that produced enormous variety in alloy quality and flan preparation across nominally identical denominations.