KOREA_SOUTH 

KM 27

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
500 won 26.5 7.7   Milled Copper-Nickel Coin
Obverse Reverse

Mancurin crane in flight, below face value in Korean (Hangul).

The Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Japanese Crane and Manchurian Crane, is a large crane and is the second rarest crane in the world.

 The year of minting numeral denomination, the year of minting, title of state in Korean (Hangul) within a beaded circle.

The won is the currency of South Korea since 1962. "Won" is a cognate of the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen. All three names derive from the Chinese character, which means "round shape".