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This specimen was the first issue of this type, which is still in production as of 2012, the last date listed in the SCWC. With US$1 = 1159 won (as of April 2019), this coin has a face value of eight hundredths of a cent. The flower featured on the obverse is the Rose of Sharon (''Hibiscus syriacus'').
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This specimen was the first issue of this type, which is still in production as of 2024, tho the last date struck for circulation was 1991. With US$1 = 1159 won (as of April 2019), this coin has a face value of eight hundredths of a cent. The flower featured on the obverse is the Rose of Sharon (''Hibiscus syriacus'').
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 40,000,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 40,000,000.
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* [[South Korea 1969 won|1969 won]]
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* [[South Korea 1972 50 won|1972 50 won]]
* [[South Korea 1972 50 won]]
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* [[South Korea 1978 won|1978 won]]
 
* [[South Korea 1983 5 won|1983 5 won]]
 
* [[South Korea 1983 5 won|1983 5 won]]
 
* [[South Korea 1983 10 won|1983 10 won]]
 
* [[South Korea 1983 10 won|1983 10 won]]

Revision as of 12:30, 16 January 2025

from the Mountain Groan Collection
Korea 1983 won rev DSLR.jpg

This specimen was the first issue of this type, which is still in production as of 2024, tho the last date struck for circulation was 1991. With US$1 = 1159 won (as of April 2019), this coin has a face value of eight hundredths of a cent. The flower featured on the obverse is the Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus).

Recorded mintage: 40,000,000.

Specification: 0.73 g, aluminum, 17.2 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 31.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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