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| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1953 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in green on a cream ground with an elaborate guilloche underprint of radiating lines in red and green. At centre, the bank title 韓國銀行券 appears in a decorated rectangular panel. To the left, an oval vignette encloses the denomination in Chinese characters 百圓, framed by a dragon motif, while to the right a circular vignette presents a turtle ship (Geobukseon), the famed 16th-century Korean warship. A red seal impression appears below the left vignette, and the serial number and plate number are printed in black. |
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| Obverse lettering | 券行銀國韓 行銀國韓 원백 圜百 (Translation: Korean Bank Note, Bank of Korea, One Hundred Won, One Hundred Hwan) |
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| Reverse lettering | The BANK of KOREA 百圓 백원 ONE HUNDRED WON (Translation: The Bank of Korea, One Hundred Hwan, One Hundred Won, One Hundred Won) |
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