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1 Mun Tong Guk | Kon Won Chung Bo
| Issuer | Goryeo Dynasty |
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| Year | 996 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Cast iron cash-type coin with a central square perforation surrounded by a plain inner rim. Four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) are arranged in cruciform fashion around the central hole, reading clockwise from the top: 乾元重寶 (Qian Yuan Zhong Bao), denoting the denomination and reign era. The field is unadorned, and the outer rim is slightly irregular, consistent with the sand-casting technique employed. The coin exhibits heavy iron corrosion and surface encrustation typical of excavated Goryeo-period issues. |
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| Reverse lettering | 東國 |
| Edge | Plain |
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