. The Bernadou, Allen, and Jouy Corean collections in the National Museum . XCHANGE. Three cash piece. Copper coin worth about 3 cents. Inscrip-tion, Great East. Three cash. Diameter, 1 inch. Korea. Gift of W. A. Mintzer, U. S. Navy. Silver coin (Sam jun). The inscription is Great Eastern Kingdom,one mace. In center of obverse of coin is a disk of transparentblue enamel about ^ of an inch in diameter. Beneath this is thecharacter for treasury. Debased silver, value about 15 cents. Diameter, f of an inch. Korea. Gift of W. A. Mintzer, U. S. Navy. These curious coins are rare, having been w
. The Bernadou, Allen, and Jouy Corean collections in the National Museum . XCHANGE. Three cash piece. Copper coin worth about 3 cents. Inscrip-tion, Great East. Three cash. Diameter, 1 inch. Korea. Gift of W. A. Mintzer, U. S. Navy. Silver coin (Sam jun). The inscription is Great Eastern Kingdom,one mace. In center of obverse of coin is a disk of transparentblue enamel about ^ of an inch in diameter. Beneath this is thecharacter for treasury. Debased silver, value about 15 cents. Diameter, f of an inch. Korea. Gift of W. A. Mintzer, U. S. Navy. These curious coins are rare, having been withdrawn from circulation. * Trans. Asiat. Soc. of Japan, x. No. 1, p. 63. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXIII. Korean Printing Block. Printing Block. Of wood; end wedge-sliaped for fitting into a holder. Charac-ters both sunken and engraved in relief. Block used for printing thealphabet sheet for children. Length, 17f inches; width, 8 inches. ( 77018, U. S. N. M. Seoul, Korea. Collected by Ensign J. B. Berna-dou, U. S. N.) Report of National Museum, 1891.—Hough. Plate O o _l O z Q. z<ucco 4 KOREAN COLLECTIONS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 477 Silver coin (Sam juii). Inscription, Great Eastern Kingdom, twomace. Disk of enamel in center of obverse. Debased silver, valueabout 30 cents. Diameter, 1 incli. Korea. Gift of W. A. Mintzer, U. S. Navy. These coins are rare, having been withdrawn from circulation. Korean cash (Dang-o-jun). Coins made of an alloy of copper, tin, and lead. Square hole in center as in Chinese coins. Reverse bears four characters giving name of coin, and the obverse the place where it was made, the number of the furnace, and the value, about J^ of a cent. Diameter, If inches. Seoul, Korea. 130863 Collected by Dr. H. N. Allen. This coin is unpopular, as it is badly made. This kind of money was first in-troduced from China in 1884, and adopted by the Conservative party. Cash sword (Soe chun). Chinese cash, tied in shape of sword withcolored strings and de
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