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200 Won Celadon Vase
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#10 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a finely engraved depiction of a Goryeo-period celadon maebyeong (plum blossom vase), rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The vase body is decorated with incised scrolling floral and foliate inlay motifs characteristic of 12th–13th century Korean celadon ware, including peony blossoms, lotus buds, and arabesque tendrils. The encircling legend REPUBLIC OF KOREA runs along the left and upper rim, while the inscription CELADON - KORYO DYNASTY - arcs along the lower rim, both in Latin script. |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF KOREA -CELADON-KORYO DYNASTY- |
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South Korea's 1970 commemorative program was among the country's earliest attempts at a prestige silver issue, launched during a period when the Park Chung-hee government was aggressively promoting Korean cultural heritage as part of its nationalist modernization agenda. The celadon tradition being honored dated to the Goryeo dynasty, roughly the 10th through 14th centuries, when Korean potters developed glazing techniques considered by contemporaries to be superior even to Chinese originals.
KM#10 was struck in limited quantities and distributed largely through gift channels rather than general circulation — a pattern common to Korean commemoratives of this decade.