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Encyclopedia > Korean won
Korean won
Hangul:
원, 전
Hanja:
圓, 錢
Revised Romanization: won, jeon
McCune-Reischauer: wŏn, chŏn

This page provides the etymology and history of the currency prior to 1945. For the South Korean currency, see South Korean won. For the North Korean currency, see North Korean won. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... For 圓, 元, or 円, see: Won Yuan Yen This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... ISO 4217 Code KRW User(s) Republic of Korea Inflation 2. ... 5000 KPW issued in 2002 The won is the currency of North Korea. ...


The won (圓) is the national currency of Korea. It is divided into 10's, 50's, 100's, 500's, 1000's, 5000's and 10,000's (in cash/coins). Korea (Korean: 한국 or ì¡°ì„ , see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ...


Etymology

Won Won is the currency of both North and South Korea. ...


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Korean won - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (396 words)
Won is a cognate of the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen.
The won was introduced in 1902, replacing the yang at a rate of 1 won = 5 yang.
The won was equivalent to the Japanese yen and was replaced by the Korean yen in 1910.
South Korean won - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1405 words)
Initially, the won was issued by Bank of Chosŏn (조선은행; 朝鮮銀行), with a similar design to the older notes of the Japanese occupation period.
This won was replaced by the hwan on February 15, 1953 at a rate of 1 hwan = 100 won.
The won was reintroduced on June 9, 1962 at a rate of 1 won = 10 hwan.
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