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1000 Won UN Forces in Korea
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Value | 1000 Won |
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| Obverse lettering | 4303 - 1970 대한민국 1.000 원 WON 한국은행 1000 (Translation: Republic of Korea 1.000 Won Bank of Korea) |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1950-1953 U.N.FORCES |
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Issued to mark the twentieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War, this piece commemorates the UN intervention that began in June 1950 — the first time the United Nations directly authorized collective military force against an aggressor state. South Korea was the only country on earth with a direct stake in that precedent, and the Bank of Korea's decision to produce a heavy .999 fine silver piece reflects the weight the ROK government placed on that distinction.
KM#13 is a low-mintage commemorative with limited distribution outside South Korea, making it genuinely scarce in Western collections.