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  2. South Korean won - Wikipedia

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    The banknotes include over 10 security features in each denomination. The 50,000 won note has 22 security features, the 10,000 won note 21, the 5,000 won note 17, the 2,000 won note 10 and the 1,000 won note 19. Many modern security features that can be also found in euros, pounds, Canadian dollars, and Japanese yen are included in the ...

  3. South Korean hwan - Wikipedia

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    Due to the devaluation of the first South Korean won (from 15 won to the U.S. dollar in 1945 to 6000 won to the dollar in 1953), the hwan was introduced in 1953 at the rate of 1 hwan = 100 won. The hwan was nominally subdivided into 100 jeon but the lowest denomination issued was 1 hwan.

  4. South Korean won (1945–1953) - Wikipedia

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    At the time of its introduction in 1945 the won was pegged to the Japanese yen at a rate of 1 won = 1 yen. 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]

  5. Korean currency - Wikipedia

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    At the time of the introduction in 1945 the won was pegged to the Japanese yen at a rate of 1 won = 1 yen. 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 devaluated at 6,000 won = 1 dollar. Following that the hwan was introduced as the ...

  6. North Korean won - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. $500, $1,000, $100,000: Big bills of a bygone era - AOL

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    Once upon a time, though, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 and $100,000 bills were in circulation. After the last printing of those denominations in 1945, the Treasury Department and the Federal ...

  8. Monopoly money - Wikipedia

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    1,000 (available only in Monopoly: The Mega Edition) - Purple (original) or yellow (recent editions) The modern Monopoly game has its Monopoly money denominated in ₩ 1, ₩ 5, ₩ 10, ₩ 20, ₩ 50, ₩ 100, ₩ 500, and (in some editions) ₩ 1,000, with all but the last two paralleling the denominations in circulation in the United States.

  9. Korean won - Wikipedia

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    North Korean won, the present currency of North Korea; It can also refer to these historical currencies: Korean Empire won, 1900–1910 currency in the Korean Empire; Won of the Red Army Command, 1945–1947 currency in northern Korea under the Soviet Civil Administration; South Korean won (1945–1953) South Korean hwan, 1953–1962 currency