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[[File:Koreancoins.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Two 10th-11th c. coins from [[Goryeo]], imprinted ''Dongguk'' and ''Samhan''. British Museum.]]

[[File:Koreancoins.jpg|right|thumb|400px|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'' ("[[Sea of Japan|East Sea]]"), ''Samhan'' ("[[Three Kingdoms (Korea)|Three Kingdoms]]"), and ''Dongguk'' ("Eastern Kingdom").

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 earliest coins reproduced Tang inscriptions, while later ones, minted around [[1097]]-[[1102]], were imprinted with terms indicative of Korea's independent identity,<ref>Gallery labels, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/47588044022/sizes/k/]</ref> such as ''Haedong'' ("[[Sea of Japan|East Sea]]"), ''Samhan'' ("[[Three Kingdoms (Korea)|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.

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.