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2 Mun Hun
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1742-1752 |
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| Value | 2 Mun |
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| Obverse description | Round cast brass coin with a central square hole, typical of the Joseon-era cash coin tradition. Four Chinese characters are arranged radially around the central perforation in the standard cross pattern: 常 (top), 通 (right), 寶 (bottom-right), and 平 (bottom), forming the legend 常平通寶 (Sang Pyong Tong Bo), the denomination inscription of the Joseon Dynasty's Sang Pyong office. The characters are rendered in a bold, archaic regular script style within a flat, unadorned field, with a plain raised rim encircling the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | 常 通 寶 平 (Translation: Top to bottom: 常平 = Sang pyong = a Department of Korean Yi Dynasty Right to left: 通寶 = Tong bo = currency) |
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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.