Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) choson t'ong bo coin, Yi Do (Sejong Changhon, Yi Dynasty)
- Korea, 1423
- Obverse Image: Four Chinese characters read top, bottom, right, left; with short cap on BO character, read clockwise.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: CHOSON / T'ONG / BO (Translation: Choson Currency)
- Reverse Image: N/A
- Reverse Text: N/A
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1423
- Credit Line
- Sebald, William J.
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 22.5 mm; 1/32 in x 7/8 in
- Object Name
- coin
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