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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 306058, member: 4703&quot;]A (very) brief history of Korean coinage:</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to the late 19th Century - Cast round coins with a square hole similar in design to Chinese cash coins circulated, as Korea was a semi-independent tributary of China..</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1895-1905 both Japan and Russia dominated Korea at various times, influencing their coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1905-1910 as a Japanese protectorate Korea issued Japanese-style milled coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>In August, 1910, Japan annexed Korea as a province, and ordinary Japanese coins circulated there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Following the end of WWII in 1945, the country was liberated from Japanese control and two independent countries were created.&nbsp; Since that time the Republic of Korea (&quot;South Korea&quot;) and the Democratic Republic of Korea (&quot;North Korea&quot;) have each issued their own separate and distinct coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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