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2 Mun King Gojong
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1886 |
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| Value | 2 Mun (0.002) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese/Latin/Korean |
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| Reverse lettering | 二 文 (Translation: Two Mun) |
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KM#Pn9 designates this piece as a pattern, not a circulation strike — it was produced in 1886 as part of Korea's earliest experiments with mechanized coinage during the Joseon Dynasty's tentative push toward monetary modernization. The Joseon court was under simultaneous pressure from Qing China and Meiji Japan, both of whom had strong interests in controlling Korean monetary infrastructure. That political tug-of-war delayed the establishment of a functioning mint for years.
The pattern designation and the extreme rarity of surviving examples suggest very limited striking, almost certainly for official examination rather than distribution.