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The Philippines is naturally rich in gold, making possible the availability of local gold coinage called piloncitos. The original silver currency unit was the rupee or rupiah (known locally as salapi), brought over by trade with India and Indonesia. The salapi continued under Spanish rule as a teston worth four reales or half a Spanish peso.
17 September. North Korea (DPRK) and South Korea (ROK) join the United Nations (UN). 26 December. The end of the Cold War as the Soviet Union collapses and North Korea loses military and economic aid. 1992 11 August. South Korea's first satellite, KITSAT-1, a.k.a. 우리별 (Uri Byol) is successfully launched from Guiana Space Centre. 24 August.
The history of Korean currency dates back to around the 3rd century BC, when first coins in the form of knife coins, also known in Korean literature as "Myeongdojun(명도전,in chinese mingdaoqian,明刀錢, meaning Ming Knives)" originally belonging to the Chinese state of Yan but also was used in trade with Korean state Gojoseon; which were said to have been circulated. [1]
Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History (Revised Edition). New Day Publishers, Quezon City. ISBN 9711002264. Scott, William Henry (1985), Cracks in the parchment curtain and other essays in Philippine history, New Day Publishers, ISBN 978-971-10-0074-5.
Two Dongguk Tongbo (동국통보; 東國通寶) cash coins. The kingdom of Goryeo used various currencies during its almost five centuries of rule on the Korean Peninsula. . Both commodity and metallic money were used, often concurrently, in a "hybrid currency system": [1] The metallic money consisted of coins, both Chinese and Korean, and silver curren
The Ming paper currency eventually failed due to self-imposed inflation along with an inability to stop the production of counterfeit bills. [34] The Ming attempted to produce copper coins as a new form of currency, but production was inconsistent. [33] Hence silver became of high value because it was a valid currency that could be processed ...
The South Korean won (Symbol: ₩; Code: KRW; Korean: 대한민국 원) is the official currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and it appears only in foreign exchange rates.