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50 000 Won IUCN Jeju
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an intricate allegorical composition celebrating global biodiversity and nature conservation. In the upper arc, the Korean Hangul legend '2012 세계자연보전총회 제주' (2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress, Jeju) is inscribed. The central field depicts a rich assembly of wildlife including a polar bear standing on an ice floe at right, a flamingo and penguin in the center amid an arctic seascape with icebergs, a sea turtle at lower left, a seal at the bottom center, and several birds perched among flowering vines and foliage at upper left. A circular globe motif incorporating a whale's tail and ocean wave occupies the center of the composition. Along the lower arc, the inscription '한국은행 · 2012 · 오만원' (Bank of Korea · 2012 · Fifty Thousand Won) appears in Hangul. |
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| Edge | Reeded (330 reeds) |
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