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10 000 Won Gymnast
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A rhythmic gymnast is depicted in dynamic full-body silhouette, leaping gracefully across the central field while wielding clubs in both outstretched hands, rendered in high sculptural relief against a mirror-polished field. The Seoul 1988 Olympic Games official logo — combining the stylised taeguk motif with the five Olympic rings — appears to the lower left. The legend 'XXIV OLYMPIAD SEOUL 1988' arcs around the upper periphery in incuse Latin lettering, while the denomination '10000 WON' is inscribed along the lower edge. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 1988 Seoul Olympics, South Korea's first time hosting the Games — an event the government had pursued aggressively since the early 1980s partly to signal the country's emergence from decades of military-dominated rule. The coin was released while Roh Tae-woo, himself a former general, had just assumed the presidency following a contested transition period that included the June Democratic Struggle of 1987.
KM#74 is one of several denominations in the Seoul Olympics commemorative series. Collectors assembling complete sets frequently find this particular piece harder to source in original government packaging than the lower-denomination issues from the same program.