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South Korea paper money catalog and South Korean currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Won = (Yen) = 100 Chon, 1948-1953
  • Hwan = (100 won) =100 Choan, 1953-1962
  • Won = (10 Hwan) = 100 Chon, from 1962

• For earlier issues see:
  • Korea

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Pick #	Date
		Republic
1-3	(1949)	5, 10, 1.000 won
4-6	1949	5, 10, 50 chon
7-8	(1950)	100, 1.000 won
9-10	4285	(1952) 500, 1.000 won
11-15	(1953)	1, 5, 10, 100, 1.000 won
16-20	4286-91	(1953-58) 10, 10, 100, 100, 500 Hwan
21-22	4290-93	(1957-60) 100, 1.000 Hwan
23-25	1958-62	50, 500, 1.000 Hwan
26-27	1961-62	100, 500 Hwan
28-37	1962-69	10, 50 chon, 1, 5, 10, 10, 50, 100, 100, 500 won
38-39	(1965)	100, 100, 500 won
40-42	(1969-73)	50, 5.000, 10.000 won
43-46	(1973-79)	500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 won
47-50	(1983-94)	1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 10.000 won
51-52	2000-2	5.000, 10.000 won
54-57	(2005-)	1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 50.000 won
58	2018	2.000 won; commemorative "Winter Olimpic games"