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Korean mun

The mun (Korean: ???; Hanja: ???, Late Middle Chinese: ???, romanized: mjun, Middle Korean: ???, 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 (??????) and jungbo (??????) and silver vases called ??nby??ng were used as currency in the Goryeo Dynasty (918???1392), as well as imported Chinese currency. The mun resembled and was derived from the Chinese w??n (cognate also to the Japanese mon, Ryukyuan mon, and the Vietnamese v??n). Coins denominated in mun were cast...

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