KOREA_SOUTH 

KM 35.2

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
100 won 24.0 5.42   Milled Copper-Nickel Coin
Obverse Reverse

Bust of admiral Yi Sun-sin, word denomination.

Yi Sun-sin (1545 – 1598), was a Korean naval leader noted for his victories against the Japanese navy during Hideyoshi's Invasions of Korea, during the Joseon Dynasty.

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.