100 Hwan

Issuer South Korea
Year 1959
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 100 Hwan
Currency Hwan (1953-1962)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight 6.74 g
Diameter 26 mm
Thickness 1.65 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to 10 June 1962
Reference(s) KM#3
Obverse description Two bong whang (mystical birds) above the value. Date per the Korean calendar
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering 4292 100 REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reverse description Syngman Rhee, value, bank title (Hangul). Syngman Rhee or Yi Seungman (1875-1965) was the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960.
Reverse script Hangul
Reverse lettering 백 환 한국은행
(Translation: One Hundred Hwan Bank of Korea)
Edge Reeded
Mint
Mintage 4292 (1959) - - 50 000 000
4292 (1959) - countermarked (Sample Issue) -
Numisquare ID 9326033000
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