2 Mun Jeon, Ch'uk

The "Ch'uk" series of 2 Mun cash coins was produced at multiple furnaces across Joseon simultaneously, a decentralized minting arrangement that makes precise attribution to individual foundries genuinely difficult. KM#1058 encompasses several die varieties distinguished primarily by the reverse furnace characters — small differences that carry real significance to specialists sorting provincial output from this decade.

The 1740s saw the Joseon court repeatedly adjusting copper cash policy in response to chronic shortages and hoarding; the 2 Mun denomination itself was part of an attempt to stabilize a currency that private merchants were routinely melting for bullion.