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1 Mun Kum
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1742 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Four Chinese characters arranged in a cruciform pattern around a central square hole. Reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left in the traditional manner, the inscription reads 常平通寶 (Sangpyeong Tongbo), identifying this coin as currency of the Sangpyeong (Ever-Normal) Treasury of the Joseon Dynasty. The characters are rendered in regular script (kaishu) within a plain, unadorned field, with no additional decorative elements. |
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| Mintage | ND (1742) 禁 - Series 1 (一) - ND (1742) 禁 - Series 2 (二) - ND (1742) 禁 - Series 3 (三) - ND (1742) 禁 - Series 4 (四) - ND (1742) 禁 - Series 5 (五) - ND (1742) 禁 - Series 6 (六) - ND (1742) 禁 - Series 7 (七) - ND (1742) 禁 - Series 8 (八) - |
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Cast — not struck — at one of the numerous provincial military offices authorized to produce cash coinage under the Joseon dynasty, this issue dates to a period when minting rights were deliberately distributed across dozens of government bureaus to manage chronic copper shortages. Each furnace used a different reverse mint mark, making KM#340 one of dozens of closely related varieties produced under the same nominal authorization. The specific casting bureau can often be confirmed only by that reverse mark.