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Korea is one of the four main
Asian countries to manufacture and circulate cast bronze cash coins,
after China, Vietnam, and Japan. Below is a collection of roughly 320
pieces that covers the span of Korean cash coins. The later period
coins represent the different provinces, mints, and coin values.
Currently, the collection is presented without detailed explanations.
Collecting cash
coins from Korea is a much simpler task than for the other
countries because there are far fewer varieties. For information
on the cash coins of Vietnam see The
Historical
Cash
Coins
of
Vietnam. Types of the Korean cash
include:
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Ancient
Cash
Coins |
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Value 100 Cash |
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Value 5 Cash |
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Value 2 Cash |
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Value 1 Cash |
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Seed Cash |
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The collection is displayed 12
coins per page, each page with front and
reverse images. The first page contains the ancient cash. The
collection cointains 322
coins covering most all provinces and mints including 100 larger
coins with values 2, 5, and 100.
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1,
Ancient Cash |
Page
2, Value 100, Seeds |
Page 3,
Ordinary Cash |
| Page 4, Ordinary Cash | Page 5, Ordinary Cash | Page 6, Ordinary Cash |
| Page 7, Ancient Cash | Page 8, Ancient Cash | Page 9, Ancient Cash |
| Page 10, Ancient Cash | Page 11, Ancient Cash | Page 12, Ancient Cash |
| Page 13, Ancient Cash | Page 14, Ancient Cash | Page 15, Ancient Cash |
| Page 16, Ancient Cash | Page 17, Ancient Cash | Page 18, Ancient Cash |
| Page 19, Ancient Cash | Page 20, Ancient Cash | Page 21, Ancient Cash |
| Page 22, Ancient Cash | Page 23, Ancient Cash | Page 24, Ancient Cash |
| Page 25, Ancient Cash | Page 26, Ancient Cash | Page 27, Ordinary Cash |
| Links to Other Things |
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| Reference
Book The Historical Cash Coins of Vietnam |
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| The A&H Shop selling coins and antiques |
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| Ancient Artifacts from Asia and Elsewhere |
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