5000 Won

5000 Won - obverse5000 Won - reverse

© Micheal Linke

Features

Issuer South Korea
Issuing bank Bank of Korea (한국은행)
Period Republic (1948-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 2002
Value 5000 Won
5000 KRW = USD 3.71
Currency New won (1962-date)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 76 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
207973
References P# 51
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Yiyi, also known by his pen name Yol Gok, to the right, date lower left corner

Script: Hangul

Lettering:
한국은행권
오천원
한국은행

© 한국은행 2002

Translation: Korean banknote, Five Thousand Won, Bank of Korea

Reverse

Ancient shrine and Korea's oldest residential building Ojukheon Residence in Gangneung, the birth place of Yul Gok

Scripts: Hangul, Latin

Lettering:
THE BANK OF KOREA
5000 WON

Watermark

Bust of Yiyi, facing right.

5000 Won -  obverse

© Micheal Linke

Printer

Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation, Daejeon, South Korea

Comments

UV activity:

© gyoschak

The note is identical to P# 48, with the addition of enhanced security features. The addition of a metallic strip, increasing the size of the two dots and increasing the texture to assist the blind in identification. The addition of the trademark of the Bank of Korea 2002 added to the front and back of the note.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
2002-Jun-12  $ 5.40

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