2 Niang King Gojong

The 2 Nyang pattern was produced amid Korea's fraught engagement with foreign monetary advisors in the mid-1880s, when the Joseon court was simultaneously receiving pressure from Japan, China, and Western powers to modernize its coinage system. This piece dates to the same period as the Joseon government's establishment of the Jeonhwanguk mint in 1883 — Korea's first mechanized mint — which operated with German-supplied equipment and technical staff.

KM#Pn15 status confirms this as a pattern rather than a circulating issue, almost certainly produced as a presentation or trial striking. White metal patterns from this transitional phase are rarely encountered outside major institutional collections.