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| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Size | 156 x 66 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 券行銀國韓 行銀國韓 원천 圜千 (Translation: Korean banknote, The Bank of Korea, One Thousand Won, One Thousand Hwan) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red-brown and dominated by the large stylised inscription THE BANK OF KOREA rendered in ornate lettering across the upper portion against a fine radiating guilloche background. A central floral rosette medallion sits at the midfield, flanked on the left by a denomination panel reading 千圜 and on the right by a panel reading 천원. The bottom margin carries the English legend ONE THOUSAND WON in letterpress, with decorative scrollwork framing the entire composition. |
| Reverse lettering | The BANK of KOREA 圜千 천 원 ONE THOUSAND WON (Translation: One Thousand Hwan, One Thousand Won) |
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