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5000 Won Boys spinning top
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The Republic of Korea national coat of arms, featuring the Taeguk symbol within a stylized hibiscus (Mugunghwa) rosette, is prominently displayed in the upper central field, with a ribbon inscribed in Hangul reading '대한민국' (Republic of Korea) beneath it. A decorative floral spray of hibiscus blossoms and foliage fills the lower portion of the field in high relief. The surrounding legend, rendered in Hangul along the periphery, reads '제 24회 서울 올림픽대회' (The 24th Olympic Games Seoul) to the upper left and '한국은행 오천원' (Bank of Korea Five Thousand Won) to the lower right, with the date '1988' appearing at the bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | 제 24회 서울 올림픽대회 한국은행 1988 오천원 (Translation: The 24th Olympic Games Seoul Bank of Korea 1988 Five Thousand Won) |
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This piece belongs to the Bank of Korea's 1988 Seoul Olympics commemorative program, one of the most extensive coin series ever produced for a single Games — spanning dozens of individual types across multiple metals. The spinning top motif draws on *paengi-chigi*, a traditional Korean game with documented history stretching back centuries, selected deliberately to foreground indigenous Korean culture for an international audience at a moment when South Korea was aggressively projecting its national identity on the world stage.
KM#71 is among the more modestly collected pieces from the series, largely overshadowed by the higher-denomination gold issues.