Sang P'yong T'ong Bo, Tongyong Naval Office Military Office in Seoul, Korea, 1864 - 1895
Sang P'yong T'ong Bo, Tongyong Naval Office Military Office in Seoul, Korea, 1864 - 1895
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) sang p'yong t'ong bo coin, Tongyong Naval Office Military Office in Seoul
- Korea, 1864 - 1895
- 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 Tongyong Naval Office Military Office in Seoul at top, character for two at bottom, value read right to left.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: TONG / YI / P'YONG / O (Translation: Character for Tongyong Naval Office Military Office in Seoul, Two , Always, Five).
- General Information: Value five.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- coin
- date made
- 1864 - 1895
- place made
- Korea
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 mm x 32 mm; 3/32 in x 1 1/4 in
- ID Number
- 2017.0116.074
- catalog number
- 2017.0116.074
- accession number
- 2017.0116
- Credit Line
- Howard F. Bowker Family
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- East Asian Coins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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