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500 Won
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Admiral Yi Sun-shin (1545–1598), bearer of the honorary title Chungmugong (Duke of Loyalty and Warfare), rendered in intaglio portraiture, accompanied by a vignette of the Geobukseon (Turtle Ship), the armoured warship he deployed during the Imjin War. Guilloche underprint patterns frame the composition, with Korean-script and denomination inscriptions arranged across the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | 한국은행권 오백원 한국은행 (Translation: Korean banknote, Five Hundred Won, Bank of Korea) |
| Reverse description | The left half of the reverse carries a finely engraved intaglio vignette of the Hyeonchungsa shrine complex dedicated to Admiral Yi Sun-shin, set amid dense tree foliage with the main hall and auxiliary pavilions rendered in precise architectural detail; the Korean inscription 현충사 appears beneath the vignette. The right half is dominated by a large numeral "500" set within an elaborate multicolour guilloche rosette with ornate scroll-work borders, with the issuer title "THE BANK OF KOREA" in bold letterpress across the top and "500WON" in a decorative cartouche at lower left. |
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