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2000 Won Weightlifting
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Currency | New won (1962-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 제 24회 서울 올림픽대회 한국은행 1988 이천원 (Translation: The 24th Olympic Games Seoul Bank of Korea 1988 Two Thousand Won) |
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| Reverse lettering | XXIV OLYMPIAD SEOUL 1988 2000 WON |
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Issued for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, this coin was part of South Korea's largest commemorative program to that point — the government authorized an extensive multi-denomination series spanning several years of production leading up to the Games. The Seoul Olympics carried particular political weight as the first Summer Games held in a divided nation's capital, with North Korea having unsuccessfully lobbied to co-host and ultimately boycotting the event entirely.