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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 å, å , or å, 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: íêµ or ì¡°ì , see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ...