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In 2006, it became a major concern that the South Korean won banknotes were being counterfeited. This led the government to issue a new series of banknotes, with the 5,000 won note being the first one to be redesigned. Later in 2007, the 1,000 and 10,000 won notes were introduced. On June 23, 2009, the Bank of Korea released the 50,000 won note.
In October of the same year the anchor currency was changed to the US dollar at a rate of 15 won = 1 dollar. Toward the end of the Korean War the won was devalued at 6000 won = 1 dollar. [1] Following that the hwan was introduced as the new currency at a rate of 1 hwan = 100 won.
Template calculates a value of Korean won, which you can enter, to US dollars and then presents the results. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Value 1 The value, in the source, that needs to be converted. The template will not accept pre-formatted values (i.e. 1,234). Example 500000000 Number required Currency units 2 Use this to represent larger ...
Since 1969 banks are required to send any $5000 bill to the Department of the Treasury for destruction. [3] Examples of the note have become valuable among collectors. In 2024, a graded example of a $5000 bill sold at auction for $144,000. [4] In 2023, an example of the $5,000 Federal Reserve Note sold at Heritage Auctions for $300,000. [5]
From 1978 on, the North Korean government maintained an iconic rate of 2.16 won to the US dollar (which is said to have been based upon Kim Jong Il's birthday, 16 February). [4] Over the decades, however, rampant inflation eroded the currency's value, and from 2001 the government abandoned the rate in favor of those closer to the black market's.
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Like South Korean won, this currency unit was also issued in banknotes initially but in 1959, coins denominated in hwan were also issued and were the first circulating coins in South Korea. Hwan had a peg with the US dollar but with time it also got devaluated. This was the reason for the reintroduction of won in 1962 as the official currency unit.