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1 Mun Samhan
| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1097-1105 |
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| Value | 1 Mun |
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| Obverse description | Cast bronze cash-type coin featuring four Chinese characters in regular script (kaishu) arranged in cruciform fashion around a central square hole. Reading top-to-bottom and right-to-left, the legend reads 三韓通寶 (Samhan Tongbo), meaning 'Circulating Currency of the Three Han [Korean States]'. The characters are set within a plain inner rim bordering the square perforation, with a raised outer rim encircling the field. The overall design follows the established East Asian cash coin convention, with no additional decorative elements in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 三韓通寶 (Translation: Samhan Circulating Currency) |
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Issued under Sukjong of Goryeo, this coin belongs to Korea's first serious attempt at a state-managed copper currency economy. Despite official encouragement — including royal decrees incentivizing merchants to accept coin over cloth and grain — the campaign largely failed. Korean commercial culture remained stubbornly wedded to commodity exchange, and most of these coins saw limited active circulation before the experiment was effectively abandoned by the mid-twelfth century.