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Warn

The basis of the gold system of Korea and corresponding to the Yen of Japan, and the Yuan of China. The divisions are 1 Warn equal to 10 Niang or Yang. 1 Niang equal to 100 Mun,

Gold twenty, ten, and five Warns, and silver Warns and half Warns were issued shortly before the Japanese annexation of the country. See Won.


Synonyms: Wharn
Source: Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)
Table: https://archive.org/stream/AJN1916Vols50to50#page/n273/mode/2up
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