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20 000 Won
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Weight | 28.0000 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the stylized logo of the 10th Asian Games, consisting of two interlocking swirl motifs with a sunburst emblem at upper right. Below the logo, a decorative arrangement of hibiscus flowers (Hibiscus syriacus, the national flower of Korea) occupies the lower portion of the field. A circular legend in Hangul script surrounds the design, reading '제10회 서울아시아경기대회' (10th Seoul Asian Games). The denomination '이만원' (20,000 won) and the date '1986' appear in the lower exergual area. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to commemorate the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul, this was South Korea's first major international multisport event as host nation — a dry run, deliberately, for the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The Bank of Korea produced a suite of commemorative silver issues for both events, and this piece belongs to the earlier, smaller series that attracted far less collector attention than the Olympic issues that followed.
Mintage was tightly controlled and distribution skewed heavily toward the domestic market.