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A Tough Nut To Obtain - Korea 1892 1 Fun

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 Posted 12/10/2008  12:23 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I finally got a better Korean 1 fun coin which was struck for only 4 years: 1892,3, 1895, 6. While there are plenty of 5 fun of its type, 1 fun coins are just absurdly scarce, even more rare in UNC condition.

1 fun:
A-Tough-Nut-To-Obtain---Korea-1892-1-Fun

And it's 5 fun counterpart
A-Tough-Nut-To-Obtain---Korea-1892-1-Fun

Note there is some alloy differences, the 5 fun coin is made of almost pure copper, 98% copper, 1& tin, 1% tin whereas the 1 fun coin's composition is 95% copper, 5% aluminum. Anyone else has a nice example of a 1 fun type out there?
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 Posted 12/10/2008  12:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Have never come across any of these, nice find.
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 Posted 12/10/2008  12:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wwhitman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great find!
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 Posted 12/10/2008  1:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ElleKitty to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A wonderful coin, gx! Myself, I only have a 1/2 chon from this period. :) Good find.
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Interesting how a slight difference in the alloy changes the appearance so much.
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 Posted 12/11/2008  06:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DL20K to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I only got a 1 chon of the pre-war Korea.
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