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The yang (Korean: 양; Hanja: 兩) was the currency of the Korean states Joseon and the Korean Empire between 1892 and 1902. It was subdivided into 10 jeon ( 전 ; 錢 ) or 100 bun ( 분 ; 分 ); and 5 yang = 1 hwan ( 환 ; 圜 ).
Won was introduced in 1902 as the official currency unit replacing yang at 1 won = 5 yang. The Bank of Korea was established in 1909 but soon after in 1910 Imperial Japan annexed the Korean Empire. Under Colonial rule, the country was made to use the currency unit "yen" in place of the Korean Won, which took over the Korean won at par.
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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.
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.
Korean yang, also spelled nyang, the currency of Korea between 1892 and 1902; Nyang languages, a group of Southern Bantoid languages spoken in Southwest Cameroon;
The Korean People's won, more commonly known as the North Korean won (Symbol: ₩; Code: KPW; Korean: 조선 원) and sometimes known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea won (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 원), is the official currency of North Korea. It is subdivided into 100 chon.
The language(s) of this currency do(es) not have a morphological plural distinction. Symbol: None, the currency was referred to by using the hanja character 圓: Denominations; Subunit 1 ⁄ 100: jeon (전/錢) Banknotes: 5, 10, 20, 50 jeon 1, 5, 10, 100, 500, 1000 won: Coins: Japanese 1 sen: Demographics; User(s) Southern Korea under U.S ...