Catalog
50 000 Won Taejon International Exposition
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | New won (1962-date) |
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| Obverse script | Korean (Hangul)/Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 1993 Taejon Expo — officially Daejeon Expo '93, themed "The Challenge of a New Road of Development" — was South Korea's first world exposition and drew roughly 14 million visitors over 93 days. The event was a deliberate showcase of South Korea's technological ascent, and the commemorative coin program accompanying it was unusually ambitious, spanning multiple metals and denominations.
KM#83 is the top-tier gold issue of that program. The .925 fineness is a notably lower gold standard than the .999 pieces more common in modern commemorative series — a choice that places this coin closer to traditional jewelry-grade alloys than investment bullion.