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1000 Won 5th Republic
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 천원 (Translation: One thousand Won) |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Korean (Hangul) |
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The 5th Republic designation refers to the government established after Chun Doo-hwan seized power following the December Twelfth Coup of 1979 and the subsequent suppression of the Gwangju Uprising in May 1980. This 1000 Won denomination was introduced as part of a coinage reform that coincided with the new administration's effort to project institutional normalcy — a civilian-coded currency for a government that had arrived through force.
KM#25 was struck only during the early 1980s before the series was retired.