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1 Mun Ho, Cash
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1832 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#66 |
| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform fashion within the coin field. Reading top to bottom and right to left, the four-character inscription reads 常平通寶 (Sangpyeong Tongbo), identifying the issuing authority as the Sangpyeongcheong (Directorate of Ever-Normal Stores) and denoting the coin as standard currency. The characters are rendered in regular script (kaishu) cast in relief against a plain field, with a raised rim encircling the entire design. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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Cast — not struck — at one of several government foundries operating under the Joseon dynasty's Bureau of Taxation, this cash coin belongs to a series that remained virtually unchanged in form for over two centuries. The "Ho" designation identifies the issuing office, the Hojo, the Board of Revenue in Seoul. By 1832 the board was intermittently suspending and resuming cash production in response to chronic copper shortages and persistent counterfeiting that plagued the mun series throughout the nineteenth century.