Yeopjeon

A yeopjeon (엽전 葉錢 "leaf coin") was a Korean brass coin with a square cut out which was first issued in 1678 and continued until the final years of the Chosun Dynasty.[1]

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  1. ↑ New history of Korea - Page 516 Hyŏn-hŭi Yi, Sŏng-su Pak, Nae-hyŏn Yun - 2005 At this time, the bulk of Korean currency was the so-called yeopjeon brass coin and a nickel coin. Japan had the existing currency replaced by coins newly minted by a Japanese bank, Daiichi Ginko, and planned the new currency to circulate ...
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