won

Summary

won is a currency^[1]. won ranks in the top 1% of currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,433 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• won is in the country of South Korea^[3].
• won's image is recorded as Currency South Korea.jpg^[4].
• won's instance of is recorded as currency^[5].
• won's instance of is recorded as won^[6].
• won's manufacturer is recorded as Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation^[7].
• won's Commons category is recorded as Money of South Korea^[8].
• won's currency sign is recorded as ₩^[9].
• won's ISO 4217 code is recorded as KRW^[10].
• won's central bank/issuer is recorded as Bank of Korea^[11].
• won's start time is recorded as +1947-12-06T00:00:00Z^[12].
• won's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rn1k^[13].
• won's topic's main category is recorded as Q101427861^[14].
• won's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as South Korea^[15].
• won's replaces is recorded as South Korean hwan^[16].
• won's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as money/won^[17].
• won's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '대한민국 원'}^[18].
• won's different from is recorded as South Korean won (1945–1953)^[19].
• won's McCune–Reischauer romanization is recorded as Taehanmin'guk wŏn^[20].
• won's Revised Romanization is recorded as Daehanminguk won^[21].
• won's price is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+0.00085'}^[22].
• won's price is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+0.00076349'}^[23].
• won's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q550207', 'amount': '+0.00118050792534'}^[24].
• won's QUDT unit ID is recorded as CCY_KRW^[25].
• won's wurvoc.org measure ID is recorded as South_Korean_won^[26].
• won's PermID is recorded as 500191^[27].

Why It Matters

won ranks in the top 1% of currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,433 views/month).^[2] won has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] won is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]