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Korea 100 Mun 1866-1867

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    sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    For some reason, I couldn't get the top image in focus. I am just learning my way around my camera.
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    shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    What do the top to bottom characters mean on the reverse?
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    sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    The top character is "ho," an abbreviation for "hojo," or the Ministry of Finance. Some translate it as "Ministry of Taxation." It is the Choson equivalent of the Qing Board of Revenue. It is not Howard Johnson's, as some scholars have suggested. The Hojo was the government entity that minted the coin. The bottom character "dae" means "big", as I am sure you know. I am not sure why this character is here but it may have to do with the fact that this is a large denomination.
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    shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The top character is "ho," an abbreviation for "hojo," or the Ministry of Finance. Some translate it as "Ministry of Taxation." It is the Choson equivalent of the Qing Board of Revenue. It is not Howard Johnson's, as some scholars have suggested. The Hojo was the government entity that minted the coin. The bottom character "dae" means "big", as I am sure you know. I am not sure why this character is here but it may have to do with the fact that this is a large denomination. >>



    Could it be because Howard Johnson's is one of the largest foreign hotel chains in Korea (or perhaps the largest US hotel chain with Korean ownership in the US)?
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    sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Did it take you two and a half years to come up with that?
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    shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Did it take you two and a half years to come up with that? >>



    I haven't been around much lately. image
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    BigAlanBigAlan Posts: 311 ✭
    Neither have I.
    "It is good for the state that the people do not think."

    Adolf Hitler
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    sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Yes, Big Alan, where have you been? Catching up on your reading?
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    BigAlanBigAlan Posts: 311 ✭
    Yes, Big Alan, where have you been? Catching up on your reading?

    No. My eyes went bad and I could hardly read the screen, much less a book.

    "It is good for the state that the people do not think."

    Adolf Hitler
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    sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    I'm sorry to hear that. I take it your eyes are on the mend, yes?
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    BigAlanBigAlan Posts: 311 ✭
    Mend yea good no.
    "It is good for the state that the people do not think."

    Adolf Hitler
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    sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    That's good to hear, BA. There are too many things yet to read.
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