15 000 Won Liancourt Rocks

Issued in 2024 amid ongoing friction between Seoul and Tokyo over the disputed islets — claimed by Japan as Takeshima under Shimane Prefecture since a 1905 prefectural notice that South Korea regards as legally void — this coin is less a collectible than a political statement pressed in silver-plated copper-nickel. South Korea has administered the rocks since 1954, maintaining a small police garrison there permanently.