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2 Mun Pyong, Yang-I
| Issuer | Joseon (1392-1897) |
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| Year | 1695-1742 |
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| Currency | Mun (1392-1892) |
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| Obverse description | Cast copper cash coin featuring four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform fashion around a central square hole. Reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left in standard Sino-Korean numismatic convention, the characters read 常平通寶 (Sangpyong T'ongbo), identifying this as a coin of the Sangpyong T'ongbo series issued under the Korean Joseon Dynasty. The characters are rendered in regular script (kaishu) and occupy the four cardinal fields surrounding the square central perforation, with 常 at top, 平 at bottom, 通 at right, and 寶 at left. The coin surface is plain with no additional decorative elements or border ornamentation. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Cast reverse displaying mint and denomination marks in the four fields surrounding the central square hole, following standard Joseon cash coin convention. The character 平 (Pyong) appears at top, serving as the mint identifier for the P'yongan Provincial Office (平安監營). The character 陽 (Yang) appears at left, denoting the specific bureau of issue within the mint. The character 二 (I, meaning 'two') appears at right, indicating the denomination of 2 mun. The bottom field is either plain or bears an additional serial or batch mark. The reverse is otherwise unadorned, with no border inscription. |
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