The mun (Korean: 문; Hanja: 文, Late Middle Chinese: 文, romanized: mjun, Middle Korean: 문, 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 (通寶) and jungbo (重寶) and silver vases called ŭnbyŏng were used as currency in the Goryeo Dynasty (918–1392), as well as imported Chinese currency.
The mun (Korean: 문; Hanja: 文, Late Middle Chinese: 文, romanized: mjun, Middle Korean: 문, 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 (通寶) and jungbo (重寶) and silver vases called ŭnbyŏng were used as currency in the Goryeo Dynasty (918–1392), as well as imported Chinese currency.
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