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1 Mun Ho, Water
| Issuer | Joseon (1392-1897) |
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| Year | 1852 |
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| Value | 1 Mun (0.001) |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform fashion within a plain inner rim. Reading clockwise from top: 常 (Sang), 寶 (Bo), 平 (Pyong), 通 (Tong), forming the legend 常平通寶 (Sangpyong Tongbo), the standard inscription of the Joseon-era cash coinage denoting the Sangpyongcheong (Directorate of Currency Stabilization). Characters are rendered in regular script (kaishu) and cast in low relief against a flat field, with a plain outer rim encircling the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | 常平通寶 |
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The "Ho" series mun coins were issued by the Hojo, the Joseon Board of Taxation, one of several competing government bureaus authorized to strike cash coinage in mid-19th century Korea. Each issuing office stamped its own designation on the reverse, creating a deliberately traceable currency meant to curb the chronic counterfeiting that had plagued earlier uniform issues. The water (水) series designation further subdivided production by furnace batch — a bookkeeping device that modern collectors use to distinguish die varieties the original minters never intended as collectible differentiators.