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| Issuer | Korea |
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| Year | 1895-1896 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Fun was introduced as part of Korea's Gabo Reform of 1894, which dismantled the old monetary system under pressure from Japan following the First Sino-Japanese War. This coin was struck at the Incheon mint, which had only recently been established with Japanese technical assistance — a detail that foreshadowed the full absorption of Korean monetary policy that would follow within a decade.