Two more to ID, Chinese? Korean?

ajaan · September 5, 2008 12:44AM

I promise, these will be the last two I post for a while. Both coins are ~40mm in diamter. They may not be orientated correctly. Any help is appreciated. Looking mainly for country and time period. Thanks.

sumnom · September 5, 2008 2:37AM

Korea, 100 mun, minted 1866-1867. Actually, the vast majority were minted in 1867. They had something like a six or eight month run before being withdrawn from circulation for causing runaway inflation.

sumnom · September 5, 2008 2:39AM

I should add that they are both 100-mun coins and you have them correctly oriented. There are many, many varieties based on differences in calligraphy. You can see on these two pieces that there are some subtle differences. I confess that I cannot tell most of the 100-mun varieties apart. My being able to see differences on these two coins is a first!

100-mun Circulation Guidelines

You can find a detailed treatment of the 100-mun coin in Chapter 8 of Politics and Policy in Traditional Korea by James Palais.

newbiecollector · September 5, 2008 2:55AM

Summon, you continually amaze me with your knowledge.

Thanks so much.

sumnom · September 5, 2008 3:02AM

It is my pleasure to amaze!

ajaan · September 5, 2008 3:08AM

Thanks Sumnom.

Two more to ID, Chinese? Korean?

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