Korea 5 mun ID

Started by carpatic, November 30, 2023, 07:34:30 AM

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carpatic

Hi. I am not familiar with this type of coins and checking Krause I cannot distinct one entry from another.
Could you please help me figure out the exact ID ( KM# would be great) of this 5 mun coin?
Weight is 7.5g, diameter 32 mmm
Thank you!

Manzikert

This is Mandel, 'Cast coinage of Korea' 13.81.10. This is KM 136, with the smaller characters (the left tail' of 'ho' touches inside the top of the central square). KM gives this as 30 mm, but my only 'ho' 5 mun is Mandel 13.82.6, KM 140, also smaller charascters. KM doesn't give a diameter for this, though the other issues with crescent at bottom are quoted as 30-31 mm and mine is 32.5 mm, so I think yours is acceptably large.

Alan

carpatic

Fantastic identification, thank you, Alan!