Korean currency
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Two 10th-11th c. coins from Goryeo, imprinted Dongguk and Samhan. British Museum.
The earliest Korean coins were minted and circulated for about one hundred years, from about the 990s to around 1105. Based on Tang Dynasty Chinese currency, the coins were imprinted with terms including Haedong ("East Sea"), Samhan ("Three Kingdoms"), and Dongguk ("Eastern Kingdom").
Such coins have mainly been found in excavations at Kaesong, the capital of Goryeo, and do not seem to have circulated widely to/in other parts of the peninsula.
References
- British Museum gallery labels.[1]
