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5 Mun Kyong
| Issuer | Kingdom of Joseon |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Value | 5 Mun (0.005) |
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| Obverse description | Cast brass cash-type coin with a central square hole. Four Chinese characters arranged around the central void in cruciform fashion: 常平 (Sang Pyong, referring to the Joseon ever-normal granary treasury system) reading top to bottom, and 通寶 (Tong Bo, meaning 'circulating treasure' or currency) reading right to left. The characters are rendered in standard script (kaishu) within a plain, unadorned field, consistent with the traditional East Asian cash coin format. |
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| Obverse lettering | 常平通寶 |
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| Reverse lettering | 京五當十一 (Translation: Kyonggi Provincial Office series 11, Value 5) |
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