Catalog
5000 Won
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1983 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Yi I, visible when held to light, positioned within the unprinted margin area of the note. |
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| Comments |
The P#48 series was introduced as part of a broader redesign effort in the early 1980s that followed South Korea's political turbulence after Park Chung-hee's assassination in 1979. The notes were produced entirely domestically by KOMSCO — a deliberate policy shift away from the earlier reliance on foreign security printers that had supplied earlier Korean issues.
Watermarking was the sole anti-counterfeiting measure on this type, a limitation that prompted a more security-intensive redesign within the decade.