5 Mun Chon
Features
| Issuer |
Korea ›
Joseon (1392-1897)
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Joseon Dynasty › Gojong (1863-1897)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1883 |
| Value | 5 Mun (0.005) |
| Currency | Mun (1392-1892) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Diameter | 32 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round with a square hole |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 62930 |
| References | KM# 210 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). |
Obverse
Chinese ideograms
- Top to bottom:
常平 = Sang pyong, a Department of Korean Yi Dynasty
- Right to left:
通寶 = Tong bo, means currency
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
常
寶 通
平
Reverse
Mint mark at top, serial number at bottom.
Denomination right to left
*典 (Chŏn): Central Government Mint
Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Lettering:
典
五 當
三
Translation: Central Government Mint, series 3, Value 5
Edge
Plain
Mint
| 典 | Central Government Mint (典圜局 (Chonhwanguk)), modern-day Seoul, South Korea (1883-1884) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #1 (一) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #10 (十) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #11 (十一) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #12 (十二) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #13 (十三) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #14 (十四) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #15 (十五) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #2 (二) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #3 (三) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #4 (四) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #5 (五) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #6 (六) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #7 (七) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #8 (八) | ||||||||||||||
| ND (1883) 典 | Series #9 (九) | ||||||||||||||
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