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1 Mun Li script
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1097-1105 |
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| Diameter | 24.6 mm |
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| Reverse description | Plain, unadorned reverse with a central square perforation surrounded by a raised inner rim and a plain outer rim. The field is entirely blank, devoid of any inscription, symbol, or decorative element, which is characteristic of Goryeo-period cast cash coinage of this type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued under King Sukjong of Goryeo, who made a concerted push to establish coin use in a kingdom that had long resisted a monetized economy. Despite royal edicts requiring merchants and taverns to accept the new bronze cash, circulation remained stubbornly limited — the population continued to prefer grain and cloth as exchange media. Most surviving examples show little wear for exactly that reason.
The "Li script" designation distinguishes this type from contemporaneous issues struck with different calligraphic styles, a deliberate variation that Hartill treats as a separate catalogued type rather than a die curiosity.