Currency whose name means, literally, "round"

I believe the answer is:

yen

(Other definitions for yen that I've seen before include "Intense desire for Japanese money" , "Japenese currency" , "Long for Japanese money?" , "Intense desire for a Japanese coin" , "Longing (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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