YANG: COIN OF KOREAN EMPIRE
1/4 yang, 1898: Korean Empire
The date is indicated as "二": the second year of Gwangmu Era /Gwangmu Era: 1897-1907/ = 1898.
Two mythical dragons inside a circle.
¼ YANG - 大 韓 - 光 武 二 年 - 두 돈 오 푼: ¼ YANG - Great Korea - Second year of Gwangmu - Two Chon Five Fun (1 Chon = 10 Fun = 1/10 Yang; 1 Fun = 1/100 Yang; 25 Fun = 1/4 Yang). /denomination of the coin is written in Hangul — a writing system for the Korean language created by King Sejong the Great in 1443/.
5-petalled plum flower (imperial seal of Korea). Denomination surrounded by a wreath of Rose of Sharon and plum.
二 戔 五 分: 2 Chon / 5 Fun (denomination of the coin is written in Hanja — Korean name for a traditional writing system).
- Copper-nickel: 20.7 mm - 4.8 g
- Reference price: 20$
COIN YANG — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
The name of the yang coin comes from the name of the ancient Chinese measure of weight and money — tael (liang). Chinese tael is pronounced as "liǎng".
