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5 Mun Chon
| Issuer | Joseon Dynasty Government Mint |
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| Year | 1883 |
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| Weight | 6.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole flanked by a four-character legend arranged in cruciform format around the perforation. Reading top to bottom: 常平 (Sang Pyeong), and right to left: 通寶 (Tong Bo), together forming the classic Sang Pyeong Tong Bo inscription, meaning 'Ever-Constant Circulating Treasure.' The characters are rendered in regular script (해서체) within a plain circular field, consistent with the cast Joseon cash coin tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Central square hole flanked by a four-character legend in cruciform arrangement. The top character 典 (Chon) identifies the issuing mint as the Central Government Mint (典圜局); the right-to-left characters 當五 (Dang O) denote the face value of 5 mun; and the bottom character 二 (I) indicates Series 2. Characters are cast in traditional regular script within a plain circular field. |
| Reverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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