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10 Mun Chung
| Issuer | Chungcheong Provincial Office, Kingdom of Joseon |
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| Year | 1742 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Four Chinese ideograms arranged in cruciform order around the central square hole. Reading top to bottom: 常平 (Sangpyeong), the name of the Joseon Dynasty's Sangpyeong Treasury department; reading right to left: 通寶 (Tongbo), meaning 'current coin' or 'circulating currency'. The characters are rendered in standard script (kaishu) within a plain, unadorned field, following the traditional East Asian cash coin format. |
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| Reverse description | Four Chinese ideograms arranged in cruciform order around the central square hole. The top position bears the mint mark 忠 (Chung), identifying the Chungcheong Provincial Office (忠清監營) as the issuing authority. Reading right to left in the horizontal positions: 當十 (Dang Sip), indicating the coin's denomination of 10 mun. The characters are cast in standard script within a plain field, consistent with Joseon cash coin convention. |
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| Mint | 忠 Ch`ungch`ong Provincial Office (忠清監營, Ch`ungch`ong Kamyong), modern-day Gongju, South Korea (1742-1884) |
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