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2 Mun Tong; lunar station
| Issuer | Joseon (1392-1897) |
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| Year | 1742-1752 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash coin with a central square hole. The obverse bears four Chinese characters arranged in cruciform fashion around the central aperture: 常 (Sang) at top, 平 (Pyeong) at bottom, 通 (Tong) at right, and 寶 (Bo) at left, together reading 常平通寶 (Sangpyeong Tongbo), the standard legend of the Joseon dynasty Sangpyeong currency system, signifying 'Ever-Normal Circulating Treasure.' The characters are rendered in regular script (kaishu) and are read top-right-bottom-left in the traditional manner. The field is plain, and the coin's rim is slightly raised. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears three Chinese characters arranged around the central square hole. The mint bureau mark 統 (Tong), denoting the Seoul Military Office Mint (Hullyeondogam), appears at the top. The character 宿 (Su/Suk), indicating a lunar mansion designation used as a batch control mark, is positioned at the bottom. The trigram symbol ☳ (Chen/Chin), representing thunder in the Eight Trigrams (Ba Gua) system and used as a furnace or batch identifier, appears at the right. A variant of this type is also known with a concave star or concave dot at the reverse right in place of or alongside the trigram. |
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| Mintage | ND (1742-1752) 統 ND (1742-1752) 統 - concave star(concave dot) at Rev right |
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