5 Won

Features

Issuer	South Korea
Issuing bank	Bank of Korea (한국은행)
Period	Republic (1948-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1966-1970
Value	5 Won 5 KRW = USD 0.0033
Currency	New won (1962-date)
Composition	Brass (88% Copper, 12% Zinc)
Weight	3.09 g
Diameter	20.4 mm
Thickness	1.33 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Issued	16 August 1966
Number	N# 3537
References	KM# 5 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 55 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Geobukseon (Turtle Ship), Korean battleship used from the 15th to the 19th century

Script: Hangul

Lettering:
오원
한국은행

Translation:
Five Won
Bank of Korea

Reverse

Bank name and Denomination, date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE
BANK
OF
KOREA
1966
5

Edge

Plain

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1966	4 500 000		$ 0.31	$ 0.70	$ 1.60				16%
1967	18 000 000		$ 0.17	$ 0.92	$ 0.92	$ 2.00	$ 26		23%
1968	20 000 000	$ 0.13	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.74	$ 1.40	$ 5.80		35%
1969	25 000 000		$ 0.12	$ 0.41	$ 0.71				23%
1970	50 000 000		$ 0.22	$ 0.23	$ 0.72			Red copper, brass	36%

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