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2 Mun Hun
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1742-1752 |
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| Weight | 6.72 g |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Round cast brass coin with a central square hole flanked by two Chinese characters in the vertical axis. The character 訓 (Hun, meaning Military Training Command) appears above the central perforation, and 天 (Chon, meaning 'Heaven', denoting a series or version number) appears below. The characters are cast in bold regular script within a flat, plain field, surrounded by a raised outer rim. The reverse field is otherwise unadorned, consistent with standard Joseon cash coin typology. |
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The "Hun" (訓) designation on this issue identifies it as struck under the authority of the Hullyeondogam, the Military Training Command in Seoul — one of several competing government bureaus granted minting rights during the Joseon dynasty's chaotic expansion of cash coin production in the 1740s. Multiple offices minting simultaneously, each with their own furnaces and alloy sources, is precisely why brass composition and casting quality vary so dramatically within this type.