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100 Won
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green intaglio and carries a central vignette of the Bank of Korea headquarters building rendered in fine architectural engraving, with trees and grounds in the foreground. A large circular guilloche rosette to the right bears the numeral '100' at its centre. The English inscriptions 'THE BANK OF KOREA' and '100 WON' appear at top and bottom respectively, with corner numerals '100' at upper left and lower left. |
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| Protection description | Admiral Yi Sun-sin portrait, visible in the white margin area when held to light. |
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| Comments |
The 1965 series marked a significant shift for Korean currency printing — earlier high-denomination notes had been produced abroad, but by the mid-1960s the Korea Security Printing Corporation had consolidated domestic production capacity sufficiently to handle the full range. P#38A is part of that consolidation effort, printed entirely within Korea.
Watermark security was relatively modest for the period, reflecting the printing infrastructure available domestically at the time rather than any policy decision about the note's importance.