Issuing authority
Joseon Korea / Korean Empire
Korean state issuing cash coinage and, from the 1890s, Western-style struck coins.
- Kind
- kingdom
- Region
- East Asia, Asia
- Recorded period
- 1392 – 1910
Annexed by Japan in 1910.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
5
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
5 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1882 – 1888
5 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (5)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
2 Chon from the Kingdom of Korea
1882 - 1883
Silver coin. Obverse: within a broad, smooth rim three characters, at top, bottom, and left, together meaning: [empire of the] Great East. At right, indication of value: 2 by means of two horizontal lines one below the other. Reverse: within a broad, smooth rim a small circle upon which green enamel has been applied…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Kingdom of Korea, chon
1882 - 1883
Silver coin. Obverse: within a wide, smooth rim, three characters at top, bottom, and left, together meaning: [realm of the] Great East. Right: value designation: 1 by means of a horizontal line. Reverse: within a wide, smooth rim, a small circle bearing blue enamel. In the enamel the Chinese character: ho [= minist…
Partial type record
Wikimedia Commons contributor
stamps
Korean Joseon-era stamps
1884-1905
Korea officially inaugurated its postal service on November 18, 1884, with a series printed in mun denominations by the Japanese Paper Money Bureau of the Ministry of the Treasury. Following a suspension of postal operations, regular stamp production resumed in 1895 with issues printed in poon denominations featuri…
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Post Office of Korea, via Wikimedia Commons
stamps
Seoul City Post issue, Joseon Korea / Korean Empire, 1884
1884
The Seoul City Post issue comprises 3 postage stamps released by the Joseon Korea / Korean Empire on 18 November 1884. The StampWorld catalogue lists 3 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 1, 1A, 1B), printed in 3 design types. Values and colours recorded for the issue: 5M carmine rose; 5M carmine rose; 5M carmi…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Kingdom of Korea, 10 mun
1888
Copper coin. Obverse: two dragons facing each other. In legend at top, year in Korean reckoning: 497 [=1888] and at bottom, value designation. Reverse: within two tied branches, in two lines, value designation: + [= 10] and the Chinese character for mun. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as…
Partial type record
Entries by catalogue category
- Modern World Coins3
- Postage Stamps2
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Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Silver2
- Copper1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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