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Sangpyeong Tongbo Two Mun

Dangijeon (당이전; 當二錢), nominally two mun, with measurements treated as object evidence rather than universal standards.

상평통보 · 常平通寶

Joseon Sangpyeong Tongbo 2 mun, obverse Joseon Sangpyeong Tongbo 2 mun, reverse
Exact obverse and reverse of Joseon Sangpyeong Tongbo 2 mun. Image source: National Museum of Korea, Sinsu 12561 · License: KOGL Type 1
Value classes
4
Initial offices modeled
7
Series dates
1678–1894
Publication
Published

Layered identity

Do not collapse series, office, furnace, and variety

Sangpyeong Tongbo (상평통보; 常平通寶) is identified through multiple linked fields. A reverse character alone is not a complete attribution.

1series2valueClass3issuingOffice4castingEntity5reverseMarks6calligraphyFamily7issueOrVariety

Chronology

Issue, manufacture, and withdrawal are different events

The regular series begins in 1678 in the institutional sources used here. Later declared-value experiments are dated independently.

  1. Regular government issue begins under King Sukjong.

  2. Dangijeon, nominally two mun, enters the expanding system.

  3. Additional reverse-character systems are documented as production expanded; marks must be read as layered evidence, not one universal mint code.

  4. Central control over coin casting was tightened in the late eighteenth century.

  5. Dangbaekjeon, nominally 100 mun, was introduced for fiscal purposes.

  6. Casting of Dangbaekjeon ended after a short production period.

  7. Dangbaekjeon circulation was prohibited; issue, casting, and withdrawal dates remain distinct.

  8. Dangojeon, nominally five mun, belongs to the late cast-cash reform context.

  9. The modern monetary reform displaced the old mun framework as the official unit architecture changed.

Value classes

Declared value is not a universal physical standard

Weights shown from institutional examples retain their qualifiers. Missing measurements remain unavailable.

ClassKorean / HanjaNominal munDatesWeight evidence
Dangijeon / two mun당이전 · 當二錢21679–present8.4 g — one early institutional example; later pieces vary

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sangpyeong overview Sangpyeong Tongbo Encyclopedia

The series hub separates value, office, casting entity, reverse marks, calligraphy, and varieties.

sangpyeong history History of Sangpyeong Tongbo

A sourced chronology from regular issue in 1678 through late Joseon value experiments and monetary reform.

sangpyeong values Sangpyeong Tongbo Value Classes

One, two, five, and one hundred mun are distinct declared-value classes, not a single uniform physical standard.

sangpyeong offices Sangpyeong Tongbo Issuing Offices

Government offices and military commands are modeled as authorities; their dependent casting operations remain separate entities.

sangpyeong casting Casting Sangpyeong Tongbo

A production guide to models, molds, trees, trimming, and the evidence left by cast manufacture without digitally repairing defects.

sangpyeong marks Sangpyeong Tongbo Reverse Marks

Office, value, sequence, numeral, and symbol marks are categorized before any mint or furnace attribution is made.

sangpyeong calligraphy Sangpyeong Tongbo Calligraphy

Descriptive stroke families help comparison but do not by themselves establish office, furnace, or date.

sangpyeong varieties Sangpyeong Tongbo Varieties

A layered variety method prevents one reverse character or calligraphic feature from becoming an unsupported issue identity.

sangpyeong grading Grading Sangpyeong Tongbo

Cast completeness, legibility, rims, hole, surface stability, and honest defects matter more than machine-struck assumptions.

sangpyeong authentication Authenticating Sangpyeong Tongbo

Authentication compares casting fabric, patina behavior, character form, seams, file marks, weight, and provenance without guaranteeing authenticity from photographs.

sangpyeong collecting Collecting Sangpyeong Tongbo

Build a collection by value class, verified office, mark category, or calligraphy study while keeping uncertain attributions labeled.

byeoljeon Joseon Byeoljeon

Decorative and non-circulating cast objects are interpreted beside, but not merged into, the Sangpyeong Tongbo issue catalog.

sangpyeong value Sangpyeong Tongbo One Mun

The baseline value class, presented with explicit office and variety boundaries.

sangpyeong value Sangpyeong Tongbo Five Mun

Dangojeon (당오전; 當五錢), a late Joseon high-value cast-cash class.

sangpyeong value Sangpyeong Tongbo One Hundred Mun

Dangbaekjeon (당백전; 當百錢), a short-lived nominal 100-mun issue whose fiscal purpose, overvaluation, and withdrawal must be distinguished.

Sources

Institutional evidence for this page

Source links support the stated scope; they do not license unsourced varieties, market values, or image reuse beyond recorded terms.

National Museum of Korea

Dangijeon

national-museum-object · 2026-07-31

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Evidence boundary

Unknown dates, mintages, annual manufacturing, attributions, legal status, and image identity remain unavailable. They never become zero or a confident claim. No market prices are published in this foundation.