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2 Mun Yong
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1742-1752 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#313 |
| Obverse description | Four Chinese ideograms arranged around the central square hole in cruciform order, reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left. The upper and lower characters read 常平 (Sangpyeong), referencing the Joseon-era Sangpyeong (Ever-Normal) treasury administration, while the right and left characters read 通寶 (Tongbo), meaning 'circulating treasure' or 'current currency.' The legends are cast in relief within the flat field, rendered in standard regular script (kaishu). No additional decorative elements appear on the obverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | 营地 |
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Struck under the authority of the Korean government mint Hojo (호조), the 2 Mun issues of this period circulated alongside coins from at least five other government offices simultaneously authorized to produce cash coinage — a decentralized arrangement that created enormous variety in fabric and quality across issues nominally of the same denomination. KM#313 falls within the reign of King Yeongjo, whose 52-year rule was among the longest of the Joseon dynasty and marked by ongoing efforts to rationalize state finances.
Mint-office attribution on these coins relies on the reverse furnace characters, not the denomination itself.