External Influence
Early Korean and Japanese currencies, the Korean mun and Japanese mon, were derived from the Chinese wén and written with the same character. In 1695, the Shogunate placed the Japanese character gen (元) on the obverse of copper coins. Vietnam gained independence from China in 938 and merely carried on the tradition of using cash. The first Vietnamese cash was issued in 968.
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