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2 Mun Kum
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1753 |
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| Currency | Kingdom of Joseon - Mun (1633-1892) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Central square hole surrounded by four fields bearing mint and series marks. The mint mark 禁 (Keum), denoting the Geumwiyeong (Court Guard Military Unit), appears at the top. A crescent symbol is positioned at the right. The bottom field carries the series character 來 (Nae), the 36th character from the Thousand Character Classic, used to differentiate individual cash coins within a series. The left field is plain. All markings are cast in regular script style within a plain border. |
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The 2 Mun issues of mid-18th century Joseon were cast, not struck — produced using the traditional East Asian sand-casting method in which molten metal was poured into clay or sand molds, each coin finished individually by hand filing. KM#409 was produced at one of several government foundries authorized to mint cash coinage under the Sangpyeong Tongbo system, established in 1678 to unify Korea's fragmented currency. The specific mint is identifiable by the reverse characters, which distinguish foundry output across dozens of authorized facilities.