Yeopjeon

A Sangpyeong Tongbo (常平通寶) cash coin.

A yeopjeon (Korean: 엽전; Hanja: 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] Coins with a similar design had been unsuccessfully used during the earlier Goryeo period as well.[2][3][4]

The Sangpyeong Tongbo [ko] (常平通寶) cash coins were known as yeopjeon because of the way that these cash coins resembled leaves on a branch when they were being cast in the casting mould.[2] In the western world all coins with this design are commonly called "cash coins".[5]

In 1908 the value of a yeopjeon was set at 0.2 chon (or 1⁄500 won).[5]

  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 ...
  2. ^ a b Not listed (2019). "Korean Currency". National Institute of Korean History. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Korean Coins – 韓國錢幣 - History of Korean Coinage". Gary Ashkenazy / גארי אשכנזי (Primaltrek – a journey through Chinese culture). 16 November 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ Mark Cartwright (25 September 2016). "Ancient Korean Coinage". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b Joseph E. Boling, NLG (1988). "Korea - A Numismatic Survey. (This article has been transposed to this format from a July 1988 supplement issue included with Coin World. Its original title was: Beyond Cash - A Numismatic Survey of Korea.)" (PDF). Moneta-Coins.com. Retrieved 3 October 2019.