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3 Chon Ho
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1882-1883 |
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| Value | 3 Chon (0.3) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a raised circular boss enclosing the Chinese character 戶 (Ho), denoting the Treasury Department (Hojo) as the issuing mint authority. The character is set within a recessed concave circle, itself surrounded by a broad flat field and an incuse ring, creating a concentric, tiered design typical of late Joseon dynasty coinage. The overall composition is plain and unadorned, with no additional legend or decorative elements in the field beyond the central mintmark device. |
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| Obverse lettering | 戶 (Translation: Ho) |
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Korea's first domestically struck machine-made coinage, authorized under King Gojong as part of the Joseon court's tentative engagement with Western monetary practice. The coins were produced at the Jeonhwanguk mint in Seoul, which had been established with Japanese technical assistance — a politically charged arrangement given the competing pressures Japan, China, and Western powers were simultaneously exerting on the peninsula.
The series was short-lived. Minting effectively ceased after 1883, and the denomination saw no meaningful successor for several years.