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The yen was the currency of Korea, Empire of Japan between 1910 and 1945. It was equivalent to the Japanese yen and consisted of Japanese currency and banknotes issued specifically for Korea. The yen was subdivided into 100 sen. It replaced the Korean won at par and was replaced by the South Korean won and the North Korean won at par.
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. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
In 1902, the Dai-Ichi Bank (The First National Bank of Japan), which handled the Korean government's custom duties, obtained permission from the imperial Korean government to issue banknotes in yen replacing yang. [1] The table below summarizes the language used on the modern circulating and historical Korean currencies.
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]
The Korean won (/ w ɒ n / won [1] Korean: 원; Hanja: 圓, Korean pronunciation:) or Korean Empire won (대한제국 원), was the official currency of the Korean Empire between 1900 and 1910. It was subdivided into 100 jeon ( / dʒ ʌ n / jun ; [ 2 ] 전 ; 錢 , Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌn] ).
On June 23, 2009, the Bank of Korea released the 50,000 won note. The obverse bears a portrait of Shin Saimdang, a prominent 16th-century artist, calligrapher, and mother of Korean scholar Yulgok, also known as Yi I, who is on the 5,000 won note. This note is the first Korean banknote to feature the portrait of a woman. [23]
Japanese yen, the currency of Japan Taiwan yen, the currency of Taiwan of Empire of Japan between 1895 and 1946; Korean yen, the currency of Korea of Empire of Japan between 1910 and 1945; B yen, the currency of US-occupied Okinawa between 1948 and 1958; Korean won, the currency of Korea between 1902 and 1910 North Korean won, the currency of ...
Following the end of the Colonial Era and the division of Korea, the won was introduced to replace the Korean yen. The first banknotes were issued by the Bank of Joseon until 1950, when the currency management switched to the Bank of Korea. At the time of its introduction in 1945 the won was pegged to the Japanese yen at a rate of 1 won = 1 yen.