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Korea banknotes
Korea paper money catalog and Korean currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Yang = 100 Fun, till 1902
  • Yen = 100 Sen, 1902-1946
  • Won = Yen = 100 Sen, 1946-1948

• For later issues see:
  • Korea North, from 1948 and Russian occupation 1945-1948
  • Korea South, from 1948

• To purchase Korean banknotes, please check our inventory :
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		Kingdom
1-3	1893	5, 10, 20, 50 yang
		Japanese occupation
4-6	1902-4	1, 5, 10 yen
7-9	1904	10, 20, 50 Sen
9A	1907	5 yen
10-12	1908-9	1, 5, 10 yen
13-15	1908-9	1, 5, 10 yen
16-16A	1908-9	100, 100 yen
17-19	1911	1, 5, 10 yen
20-22	1916	10, 20, 50 Sen
23-25	1919	10, 20, 50 Sen
26	1917	5 Sen
27-28	1937	10, 50 sen
29-32	(1932-38)	1, 5, 10, 100 yen
33-37	(1944)	1, 5, 10, 10, 100 yen
38-42	(1945)	1, 5, 10, 100, 1.000 yen
42A	(1945)	1.000 yen
		USA occupation
43-46	(1946-7)	10, 100, 100, 100 yen

		KOREAN PRIVATE BANKS
		- Keijo Pusan Railway Company
s101-4	1900	50, 100, 300, 500 mun
		- Seoul Exchange Office
s115	ND	100 Korean Dollars
		- Kuang Tong Company
s121-3	ND	1, 5, 10 yang
		- Kuang Tung Cash Bank
s133	ND	10 yang
		- Tong Sun Tai Hoa
s141-51	ND	25, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 yung, 10.000 mun
		- Chindo Bank
s171-7	ND	1, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 yang