South Korea 1970 10 won KM-6a

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2725

This specimen was lot 2725 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "KOREA (SOUTH): Republic, 10 won, 1970, Pagoda at Pul Guk Temple, variety in brass, NGC graded MS64." The South Korean regime struck the ten won in bronze 1966-70 and in brass after 1970. This type was struck 1970-82 but this and the 1977 are the only scarce dates. Proofs were struck in 1982.

Recorded mintage: 157,000,000 including KM 6.

Specification: 4.06 g, brass, 22.86 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-6a.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

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• 1970 100 won, Adm. Sun Sin Lee
• 1970 copper-nickel 100 won
• 1970 200 won, Koryo celadon vase
• 1970 250 won, Chung Hee Park
• 1970 500 won, Sokkuram bodhisattva
• 1970 1000 won, U. N. forces
• 1970 1000 won, Great South Gate
• 1970 2500 won, queen Sunduk
• 1971 5 won
• 1983 10 won
• Coins and currency dated 1970