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10 000 Won Cycling
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 10 000 Won |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Korean |
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| Reverse lettering | XXIV OLYMPIAD SEOUL 1988 10000 WON |
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Issued to commemorate the 1988 Seoul Olympics — the first Games held on Korean soil and a moment of enormous political weight, coming just decades after the Korean War had left Seoul in ruins. South Korea used the Games aggressively as a showcase of economic modernization, and the commemorative coin program was extensive, spanning dozens of types across gold and silver.
KM#76 is one of several cycling-themed issues from this series, struck in .925 silver to international bullion coin specifications then common for Olympic commemoratives.