Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) sang p'yong t'ong bo coin, Chonhwanguk, Central Government Mint
- Korea, 1883
- 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 Chonhwanguk, Central Government Mint at top, character for fourteen to the bottom, denomination read right to left.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: CHON / SIPSA / SANG / O (Translation: Character for Chonhwanguk, Central Government Mint, fourteen, Always, Five).
- General Information: Value five.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1883
- Credit Line
- Howard F. Bowker Family
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 32 mm; 1/32 in x 1 1/4 in
- Object Name
- coin
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