| Description de l’avers |
Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) arranged in cruciform fashion around the central square hole, read clockwise from the top: 三 (Sam), 寶 (Bo), 韓 (Han), 重 (Chung), forming the legend 三韓重寶 (Samhan Jungbo, meaning 'Heavy Currency of the Three Han States'). The characters are boldly cast in raised relief within a plain field, flanked by the inner rim of the square perforation and the raised outer rim of the coin. The flat, unadorned field is typical of Goryeo dynasty cast coinage, reflecting the East Asian cash coin tradition. |
| Écriture de l’avers |
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| Légende de l’avers |
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| Description du revers |
Plain and featureless reverse with no inscriptions, symbols, or decorative elements. The flat field surrounds the central square perforation, bounded by a raised outer rim. The surface exhibits a typical cast bronze texture consistent with Goryeo dynasty manufacturing practices. |
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| Atelier |
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Issued under the Goryeo dynasty during the reign of Sukjong, these coins were part of a deliberate state effort to establish a metal currency economy in a peninsula that had long resisted coined money in favor of grain and cloth as exchange media. The attempt largely failed — rural populations continued ignoring bronze coinage for generations, and the government's repeated legislative efforts to compel its use went unenforced.
Hartill 25.69 places this among the earlier Goryeo cast types, distinguished by specific calligraphic details in the inscription that allow attribution to this narrow production window.