Korean Job Discussion Forums

[sigmundsmith]

Saw for the first time this morning the new 50,000won note.

I don't understand though why they didn't bring out a 20,000won note first.

You imagine everytime you hand one of them over the counter or to a taxi driver and see their eyes role.

[Clockout]

Will this cut down on foreigners pulling out their W300k gangster rolls at every opportunity?

[tfunk]

Who's on it? I thought I saw a female, possibly Yu-Gwan Soon? I'd like to see a female on their biggest denomination.

[climber159]

Shin Saim-dang, the mother of Lee Yul-gok (the guy on the 5,000KRW note), is on the 50,000KRW note.

[crossmr]

[tfunk]

Yay, just got one. I've just noticed that the more a note is worth, the longer it is, so the 50,000 note is the longest.

[PatrickM]

Is anyone here paid with the 100,000 won checks or the 1,000,000 won checks? I am. It kind of scares me, because I would not be able to change these outside of the US. Are my employers able to call the bank and void them (like a check) if they so desire?

[chachee99]

It is about time Korea came out with a higher bill. Personally, I think they should have made a 20,000 won bill and a 50,000 won bill. I think breaking a 50,000 won bill may have a lot of problems, such as cabs or street venders, if you only get two of them when you widthdraw demoninations of 50,000 example, 100,000 won.

[Xuanzang]

Useful for Costco trips...

[PeteJB]

Does this mean when I draw out 50k or more at an ATM, I will get an option to select between 10k and 50k notes?

[tefain]