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<p>[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 5479223, member: 4373"]Eidolon - I know no Korean. This period of Korean coinage sparks my interest as it reflects the start up of a new currency as well as involvement of Japanese and Germans. The book that I speak of is in English - I think it did cost me a pretty penny but it's well worth the money. </p><p><br /></p><p>A type set of this is reasonably achievable if you don't include the 1892 5 yang. 1888 coins are starting to be quite difficult. Example of a prototype type set</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/korea_dynasty_type_set_1888_1910" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/korea_dynasty_type_set_1888_1910" rel="nofollow">https://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/korea_dynasty_type_set_1888_1910</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most of them can be found on ebay. Be aware of counterfeits - even low denomination silver coins are prone to it! I really don't recommend trying to hunt every single coin issued - a lot of the nickel copper coins issued from 1897 to 1901 with the exception of 1898 are quite scarce and are easily in four figures on average![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gxseries, post: 5479223, member: 4373"]Eidolon - I know no Korean. This period of Korean coinage sparks my interest as it reflects the start up of a new currency as well as involvement of Japanese and Germans. The book that I speak of is in English - I think it did cost me a pretty penny but it's well worth the money. A type set of this is reasonably achievable if you don't include the 1892 5 yang. 1888 coins are starting to be quite difficult. Example of a prototype type set [URL]https://issuu.com/gxseries/docs/korea_dynasty_type_set_1888_1910[/URL] Most of them can be found on ebay. Be aware of counterfeits - even low denomination silver coins are prone to it! I really don't recommend trying to hunt every single coin issued - a lot of the nickel copper coins issued from 1897 to 1901 with the exception of 1898 are quite scarce and are easily in four figures on average![/QUOTE]
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