Definition

• A word implying a crest or badge and applied to such of the early Japanese Sen as had this decoration. See Munro, Coins of Japan. 1904, (pp. 17, 36). Later the name was synonymous with Rin, i.e., the tenth part of the Sen. The Japanese Tempo (q.v.) was worth one hundred Mon.

  In the Korean coinage the Mon or Mun is the hundredth part of teh present Niang or Yang. Copper pieces of five and ten Mun are issued.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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