The "Chong" (총) in this coin's name refers to the Totalgwalcheong, the military command office that authorized its casting — one of dozens of government bureaus, temples, and military offices granted minting privileges during the chaotic mid-Joseon cash coin proliferation. By the 1740s, so many issuing authorities had flooded the market with 1-mun pieces that the court authorized select offices to produce this heavier 2-mun denomination as a corrective measure, attempting to stabilize petty transactions across the peninsula. It largely failed to do so.
The "Chong" (총) in this coin's name refers to the Totalgwalcheong, the military command office that authorized its casting — one of dozens of government bureaus, temples, and military offices granted minting privileges during the chaotic mid-Joseon cash coin proliferation. By the 1740s, so many issuing authorities had flooded the market with 1-mun pieces that the court authorized select offices to produce this heavier 2-mun denomination as a corrective measure, attempting to stabilize petty transactions across the peninsula. It largely failed to do so.