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The South Korean won (Symbol: ₩; Code: KRW; Korean: 대한민국 원) is the official currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and it appears only in foreign exchange rates.
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The history of Korean currency dates back to around the 3rd century BC, when first coins in the form of knife coins, also known in Korean literature as "Myeongdojun(명도전,in chinese mingdaoqian,明刀錢, meaning Ming Knives)" originally belonging to the Chinese state of Yan but also was used in trade with Korean state Gojoseon; which were said to have been circulated. [1]
A currency trader walks by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the ...
The mun (Korean: 문; Hanja: 文, Late Middle Chinese: 文, romanized: mjun, Middle Korean: 문, romanized: mwun) was introduced as the main currency of Korea in 1625 and stayed in use until 1892. Prior to the mun , cash coins with the inscriptions tongbo (通寶) and jungbo (重寶) and silver vases called ŭnbyŏng were used as currency in ...
South Korean won, the present currency of South Korea; North Korean won, the present currency of North Korea; It can also refer to these historical currencies: Korean Empire won, 1900–1910 currency in the Korean Empire; Won of the Red Army Command, 1945–1947 currency in northern Korea under the Soviet Civil Administration; South Korean won ...
Korea Exchange; 한국거래소: Type: Stock exchange: Location: Busan & Seoul, South Korea: Coordinates (Busan): Founded: 1956; 69 years ago (): Key people: Sohn Byung-doo (Chairman & CEO): Currency: South Korean won: No. of listings: 2,445 (as of May 2021) [1]: Market cap: ₩2,604 trillion KRW ($2.3 trillion USD) [2]: Indices: KOSPI KOSPI 200 KOSDAQ: Website: www.krx.co.kr global.krx.co.kr ...
Currencies of Korea, including those of pre-division Korea and of South and North Korea. Most currencies in this category are historical; the only money in use on the Korean peninsula today is in the form of North Korean won and South Korean won.