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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7395110, member: 102103&quot;]Two Korean Sang Pyong Tong Bao:</p><p><br /></p><p>Left:&nbsp; <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces37238.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces37238.html" rel="nofollow">2 Mun, Seoul Charity Office</a>, 1695-1742</p><p>&nbsp; Ob:&nbsp; 常平通寶 (San Pyong Tong Bao)</p><p>&nbsp; Rev:&nbsp; 賑 (Chin) 二 and a crescent shape on L</p><p><br /></p><p>Right:&nbsp; <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces44226.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces44226.html" rel="nofollow">5 Mun, Kyonggi Provincial Office</a>, ~1888 (ND)</p><p>&nbsp; Ob:&nbsp; 常平通寶</p><p>&nbsp; Rev:&nbsp; 京 十一 當&nbsp; </p><p>(I accidentally wrote 吉 instead of 十一 on the card.&nbsp; Too lazy to rephotograph)</p><p><br /></p><p>I tied to ID these using <a href="https://primaltrek.com/koreancoins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://primaltrek.com/koreancoins.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> page.</p><p>Interesting that the 2 mun (31 mm) is larger than the later 5 mun (29 mm).</p><p>There must have been some inflation in the intervening centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Korea had a ridiculous number of authorities with the right to cast copper coins.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s related to Korea&#039;s relatively late transition from a barter economy.&nbsp; I suspect that rather than funding various offices and military groups directly, the government instead gave them the right to cast coins in limited quantities.&nbsp; At first the supply was small and they held value, but eventually they were overproduced and driven down close to metal value.&nbsp; The introduction of larger denominations was highly inflationary, especially the copper 100 mun coins of 1866-7.&nbsp; The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_mun#100_mun_coin_and_inflation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_mun#100_mun_coin_and_inflation" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> page on the history of the Korean Mun has some useful details.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286654[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286655[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286656[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286657[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286658[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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