Catalog
1 Mun Samhan
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1097-1105 |
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| Weight | 4.34 g |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Plain and unadorned reverse, as is typical of cast Goryeo cash coinage of this period. A central square hole is surrounded by a smooth, featureless field bounded by a plain raised outer rim. No inscriptions, symbols, or mint marks are present. |
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Issued under Sukjong of Goryeo, this coin belongs to Korea's first serious attempt at a state-managed copper currency economy. Despite official encouragement — including royal decrees incentivizing merchants to accept coin over cloth and grain — the campaign largely failed. Korean commercial culture remained stubbornly wedded to commodity exchange, and most of these coins saw limited active circulation before the experiment was effectively abandoned by the mid-twelfth century.