See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

5 Hwan

Issuer Bank of Korea
Year 1953
Type Log in to see details
Value Log in to see details
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Size Log in to see details
Shape Rectangular
Printer Log in to see details
Designer(s) Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description Red on light blue underprint. The face is dominated by an intricate guilloche trellis pattern radiating from the centre, with the Korean characters for 'Bank of Korea' (韓國銀行) inscribed in a panel at the top. A circular Bank of Korea seal overprint appears in the centre, and an olive branch vignette enclosed in a circular frame is positioned to the right, with the denomination in Korean script (오 원) alongside it. Corner numerals '5' appear at all four corners.
Obverse lettering 券行銀國韓 오 원 行銀國韓
(Translation: Korean banknote, Five Won, The Bank of Korea)
Reverse description Red on light background. The reverse is dominated by a large ornate script inscription 'The Bank of Korea' in elaborate letterpress lettering across the centre, set against a fine guilloche underprint. A floral rosette device appears at the top centre, flanked by intricate lathe-work borders. The denomination is expressed in Chinese characters (圜五) within a circular frame at the lower left and in Korean script (오 원) at the lower right, with the English word 'FIVE' beneath the main inscription.
Reverse lettering Log in to see details
Signature(s) Log in to see details
Protection type Log in to see details
Protection description Log in to see details
Variants Log in to see details
Comments Log in to see details

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE