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5000 Won 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, Hockey
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central design features the official emblem of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games — a stylized star motif above an architectural element — flanked by the inscription PYEONGCHANG 2018 in Latin characters and the Olympic rings below. The year of issue appears in the lower field. Legends are rendered in both Hangul and Latin script. |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic ice hockey scene occupies the central field, depicting an attacking player in full stride executing a shot on goal, with a goaltender defending the net in the background. The composition captures the kinetic energy of the sport in high relief. The denomination 5000 WON appears at the lower right, with the legend PYEONGCHANG 2018 inscribed along the upper portion of the field. |
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Issued as part of South Korea's official numismatic program for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, the series was released in multiple tranches beginning in 2016 — two full years before the Games opened. Ice hockey at PyeongChang carried particular political weight: a last-minute IOC decision allowed the two Koreas to field a unified women's hockey team, the first joint Korean team at any Olympics in nearly two decades, a move that generated as much domestic controversy as goodwill.