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Won
Korean Name
Revised Romanization	Won
McCune-Reischauer	Won
Hangul	원
Hanja	圓

Won is the official currency used in both South Korea and North Korea. Their exchange values differ, however.

Full names	Symbols	Abbr.
North Korean won	₩n or Wn	KPW
South Korean won	₩ or W	KRW

Historically, North and South Korean won have been divided into 100 jeon (전; 錢; McCune-Reischauer: chon; Revised Romanization: jeon; in North Korea, it is also Romanized jun). Jeon are no longer used in South Korea, as the smallest amount of money that typically changes hands is 100 Won, or roughly 10 US cents.

The word jeon is also used in Korean to translate the word "cent," and in this context accompanies bul (불), which means "dollar." These two words are used by Koreans living in the United States and Canada when referring to the currencies of those two countries.

1 Exchange rates

Sampled on May 18, 2004.

1.1 North Korean won

Euro (EUR) = ₩n2.64
UK pound (GBP) = ₩n3.89
US dollar (USD) = ₩n2.20

1.2 South Korean won

Euro (EUR) = ₩1419.75
UK pound (GBP) = ₩2092.88
US dollar (USD) = ₩1184.85

2 See also

List of Korea-related topicsThis is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. For help on how to use this list, see the introduction below. Quick Index Contents Introduction List of Korea-related topics (1-K List of Korea-related topics (L-Z
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