NOMISMA

Korea

41 chapters in all · about 2 h 13 min

Read chapter 1 free

All chapters (41)
  1. First Iron Coinage about 3 min
  2. Coins of Haedong about 4 min
  3. Silver Vase about 4 min
  4. Paper Mulberry Paper about 3 min
  5. Coin of Sejong about 3 min
  6. Two Hundred Years of Cloth and Rice about 4 min
  7. Trial striking and adoption about 4 min
  8. Ladder about 4 min
  9. More than one mint about 3 min
  10. Becoming a Nation of Coins about 4 min
  11. The Daewongun's 100 about 4 min
  12. Prices Six Times Higher about 4 min
  13. Plugging the Hole about 3 min
  14. The Opening of the Ports about 3 min
  15. Jeonhwanguk about 4 min
  16. A blueprint for a silver standard about 3 min
  17. The White Inflation about 4 min
  18. The Paper-Thin Margin of 2 Jeon 5 Pun about 3 min
  19. Megata's Reform about 3 min
  20. Grades A, B, C about 4 min
  21. A Currency with the Face of a Bank about 4 min
  22. Bank of Chosen about 3 min
  23. At par about 4 min
  24. Wartime Over-issuance about 3 min
  25. The Purse of Liberation about 3 min
  26. Thirteen days before about 4 min
  27. Wartime Exchange about 4 min
  28. The Vault of the Temporary Capital about 3 min
  29. One Hundred to One about 3 min
  30. The Nine Years of the Hwan about 3 min
  31. Ten into One about 4 min
  32. The Miracle Currency about 3 min
  33. Buddha and King about 4 min
  34. Chronic Low-Grade Fever about 3 min
  35. November 21st about 4 min
  36. The Queue of Rings about 4 min
  37. Fast Repayment about 3 min
  38. New series about 3 min
  39. Mother and Son about 4 min
  40. The Present of 1407 about 3 min
  41. Han River Revisited about 3 min

The history of money in Korea, read chapter by chapter with illustrated scenes. Narration is available too. The first chapter is open to all.