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1 Mun Pyong
| Issuer | P`yongan Provincial Office (平安監營) |
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| Year | 1891 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Reverse of this cast brass cash coin displays a central square perforation surrounded by mint and series identifiers in Chinese characters. The character 平 (P'yong, denoting the P'yongan Provincial Mint) appears in one quadrant, while the series number character (e.g. 一 through 十四, denoting the serial series) and the character 日 (sun/day, indicating the series denomination) occupy the remaining quadrants around the square hole. Raised inner and outer circular rims frame the design, consistent with standard Joseon-period casting practice. |
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The P'yongan Provincial Office was one of several regional government bodies authorized to cast coin during the late Joseon period, a decentralized arrangement that produced substantial variation in weight and alloy consistency across provincial issues. By 1891, the mun was already obsolete in practical terms — the monetary reforms of 1882 had begun displacing the old cash coinage system, and the new yang-based currency was being introduced. Provincial minting of 1 mun pieces in this period was largely inertial, continuing by administrative habit rather than economic necessity.