[Korean Currency] Korean Bills and Coins

 

Korean Currency 

 

 

Korean official monetary unit is the won.

There are  4 kinds of bills and 4 kinds of

coins in Korea. 

 

 

 

[ Korean Bills ]

 

Korean Currency

 

There are  four kinds of bills;

fifty thousand  won (50,000),

ten thousand won (10,000),

five thousand won (5,000),

one thousand won (1,000).

 

 

The 50,000 won bill is a big unit, 

so they do not like it when you pay

it in a street stall or for a taxi fare

for close distance.

 

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fifty thousand won
(o-man-won)

 

 

ten thousand won
(man-won)

 

 

five thousand won
(o-cheon-won)

 

 

one thousand won
(cheon-won)

 

 

 

 

 

[Korean Coins ]

 

Korean Currency

 

 

There are 4 kinds of coins in Korea;

five hundred won(o-baek-won),

one hundred won(baek-won),

fifty won (o-sip-won),

ten won (sip-won).

 

 

 

korean coins

 

It is easy to get confused because

five hundred won and one hundred won

coins are similar. The color is the 

same, but 500 won is a little bigger.

 

 

 

 

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