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2 Mun Tong, Yellow
| Issuer | Joseon (1392-1897) |
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| Year | 1742-1752 |
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| Shape | Round with a square hole |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Yellow" designation on this piece refers to its alloy composition — a brass variant intentionally distinguished from the standard cash coinage through a higher copper-to-zinc ratio, producing the warmer tone that gave it its catalog name. Joseon cash coinage of this period was produced across a rotating network of government offices and military agencies, each authorized to mint in order to fund their own operations. That decentralized system is precisely why varieties proliferate so aggressively within this series.
The 1742–1752 window corresponds to a period of relative monetary reform under Yeongjo, who made sustained efforts to regularize coin supply after decades of inconsistent output.