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100 Won
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Value | 100 Won |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette is a portrait of King Sejong the Great (1397–1450), the fourth monarch of the Joseon Dynasty who reigned from 1418 to 1450 and is celebrated as the creator of the Korean Hangeul script. The portrait is rendered in intaglio and set within a guilloche underprint. Issuer name and denomination inscriptions appear in Korean characters flanking the central design. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE BANK OF KOREA 100 WON 100 |
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The 1965 series marked a significant shift for the Bank of Korea — this was among the first issues to be printed domestically by the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation rather than contracted abroad, as had been routine practice through much of the preceding decade. South Korea had relied heavily on foreign security printers, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom, during the currency's early post-independence years.
Pick 38 is relatively common in circulated grades but turns up far less often with intact serial number clarity, as the ink formulations of this period were prone to fading under sustained handling.