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100 Hwan
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Value | 100 Hwan |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette carries a portrait of Syngman Rhee (1875–1965), first President of the Republic of Korea from 1948 to 1960. The portrait is framed by guilloche borders with Korean and Chinese denomination inscriptions positioned to either side. Bank name and value appear in both Hangul and Hanja script across the face of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a detailed engraved view of the Independence Gate (Dongnimmun) in Seoul, constructed in 1897, set against a lightly rendered landscape background. Flanking oval guilloche panels carry the Chinese character 百圜 on the left and the Hangul 백환 on the right, all rendered in green intaglio. The issuer name arches across the top in Roman lettering and the denomination appears in English along the lower border. |
| Reverse lettering | The BANK OF KOREA 百 백 圜 환 ONE HUNDRED HWAN (Translation: One Hundred Hwan) |
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