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1 Mun Ki, Heaven
| Issuer | Joseon (1392-1897) |
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| Year | 1836 |
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| Weight | 5.4 g |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform layout within an inner raised square border. Reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left in the conventional cash coin manner: 常平通寶 (Sangpyong Tongbo), meaning 'Ever-Normal Currency,' the official legend of the Joseon Dynasty's Sangpyongcheong (Office of Ever-Normal Treasury). The characters are rendered in regular script (kaishu) and cast in relief against a flat field. A raised outer rim encircles the entire obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | 圻 Kwangju Township Military Office in Kyonggi Province (廣州管理營 (Kwangju Kwalliyong)), modern-day Gwangju, South Korea (1742) |
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