500 Hwan

Issuer	Bank of Korea
Year	1961
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Intaglio portrait of King Sejong the Great in traditional court attire and hat occupies the right portion of the note, set against a fine guilloche underprint. The large Korean denomination 오백환 (Five Hundred Hwan) appears in bold characters to the left, accompanied by a red Bank of Korea seal. The Korean year 4294 is inscribed at the lower right, with the issuer title 한국은행권 running along the upper portion of the note.
Obverse lettering	한국은행권 오백 환 한국은행 4294 (Translation: Korean banknote, Five Hundred Hwan, The Bank of Korea)
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Reverse lettering	500 THE BANK OF KOREA 500 오백 500 HWAN 오백 (Translation: Five Hundred)
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