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1 Mun; Small Type Pyong
| Issuer | Korea › Joseon (1392-1897) |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#915, Oseong#18.250 |
| Obverse description | Central square perforation surrounded by four Chinese characters arranged in a cruciform layout within a plain field. Reading top to bottom and right to left, the legend reads 常平通寶 (Sang Pyong Tong Bo), identifying the issuing authority as the Sang Pyong (Sangpyeong) Department of the Joseon Dynasty and designating the piece as official currency (通寶, tong bo). The characters are rendered in traditional regular script (kaishu), deeply incised with clean, even strokes typical of Joseon-era cast coinage. The obverse field is otherwise unadorned, with a raised rim encircling the design. |
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| Mintage | ND (1883) 平 - Series 1 (一) ND (1883) 平 - Series 10 (十) ND (1883) 平 - Series 11 (十一) ND (1883) 平 - Series 2 (二) ND (1883) 平 - Series 3 (三) ND (1883) 平 - Series 4 (四) ND (1883) 平 - Series 5 (五) ND (1883) 平 - Series 6 (六) ND (1883) 平 - Series 7 (七) ND (1883) 平 - Series 8 (八) ND (1883) 平 - Series 9 (九) |
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The "Small Type" designation here is meaningful. When the Joseon court resumed cash coin production in 1883 after a decades-long gap — King Gojong's government had suspended minting following the inflationary chaos caused by Heungseon Daewongun's massive 100-mun overvaluation scheme in the 1860s — two size variants entered production almost simultaneously. The smaller type was the practical concession, easier to produce in quantity and less likely to invite the hoarding that had plagued heavier issues.
Oseong #18.250 places this within a tightly catalogued series where mint marks and furnace codes on the reverse distinguish individual casting facilities.