Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) sang p'yong t'ong bo coin, Hojo Treasury Department, IL Um (Kwangsuk (IL Dynasty))
- Korea, 1852
- Obverse Image: Four Chinese characters read top, bottom, right, left
- Obverse Text: Romanization: SANG / P'YONG / T'ONG / BO (Translation: Always Even Currency)
- Reverse Image: Character for HO, character for Hojo Treasury Department, character for "to produce" to the bottom, character for one to the left.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: HO / SAENG / IL (Translation: HO, character for Hojo Treasury Department, To Produce, One).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1852
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Object Name
- coin
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