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This study is to promote understanding of Knife-shaped coins(K. Myungdo-jeon) that be used during the age of civil wars in Northeast Asia. Knife-shaped coins are the most important to reestablish exchange systems of ancient societies because they are used for trade among most of northeast Asia's states. But the scope of the studies about them is not comprehensive. The reasons are not just Knife-shaped coins spread over Old-Chosun(古朝鮮) and Yan(燕) but also extend over several centuries. By the way there have been some unique aspect concerning the exchange during from the third to the second century B.C. in Northeast Asia. That is many countries used publicly same type coins for imports and exports each other. So same type coins are used in the Northeast Asia cutting across territories of one. If we recognize this we can understand Knife coins better than we did so far. But until now there has been no basic information and discussion them, that is who and when did them make, how did people use, and in what range did the Knife-shaped coins predominantly fall? Therefore, it is necessary to broaden the field of Knife-shaped coins, collect more data and review them. I collected materials related to Knife-shaped coins in the academic world of history and archaeology. I examined thoroughly them and reviewed the type of Knife-shaped coins, the geological distribution and the groups using them.