View source for Korea (1908) 10 chon

[[Image:Korea 1908 10 chon obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
[[Image:Korea 1908 10 chon rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This type, roughly equal to a dime, was struck 1908-10 in the last years of [[Korea]]n independence before annexation by [[Japan]]. Korea would not recover her independence until 1945 and even then in a divided state.

''Recorded mintage:'' 6,300,000.

''Specification:'' 2.25 g, 0.800 fine silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 1130.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Korea (1907) 10 chon]]
* [[Korea (1906) 20 won]]
* [[Korea (1908) 1/2 chon|(1908) half chon]]
* [[Korea (1908) chon|(1908) chon]]
* [[Korea (1908) 20 chon]]
* [[Japan 1909 (M42) 10 sen]]
* [[Korea (1910) 10 chon]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1908]]
* return to coins of [[Korea]]

[[Category:Silver dimes of the world]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]