[KS] Japanese Paper Money in Korea in the 1880s

[Duncan, John]

Check Howard Kahm’s 2012 Ph.D dissertation, “Colonial Finance: Daiichi Bank and the Bank of Chosen in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Korea, Japan, and Manchuria”.  Chapter 2 on the activities of the Diachi Bank in Korea in the late 19th century is the best English-language account of Japanese currency and Japanese banking activities in Korea at that time.

John Duncan


From: Koreanstudies [mailto:koreanstudies-bounces at koreanstudies.com] On Behalf Of Robert N
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Subject: [KS] Japanese Paper Money in Korea in the 1880s

Greetings,

My apologies for bothering the group with this question but how prevalent was the use of Japanese paper money in Korea in the early 1880s?  Was it primarily used between the Japanese merchants?  Was it used in loans to the Korean government by the Japanese?  A Korean Customs' Report for 1883 lists 2,420 dollars worth of Japanese paper currency exported out of Chemulpo.

An image of Japanese paper currency from the net.

Thanking you in advance for any assistance

Robert Neff
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