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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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 Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:12 am Post subject: Strange 1000Won bill? |
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I just got a strange 1000won bill from the Dominos delivery guy...i looked it up and it appears to be a 1000won bill issued back in 1983. The bill itself was crisp and looked quite new...do you think this is a counterfeited bill? I heard they went through a period of time where bills where heavily counterfeited...
It looks like this bill:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1000_won_serieII_reverse.jpeg |
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aphase
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| isn't that just the same as the 1,000 bills that were used a year or two ago before the new bills came out? All of the new bills were made fairly recently. I wouldn't worry about it. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| I've gotten a couple old 5,000 W bills and I think one old 10,000W bill. It happens from time to time...he might be carrying change from someone who raided their piggy bank. |
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Big Mac
Joined: 17 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| Ha ha. That bill does not look strange to me at all. It was what the 1,000 Won bill looked like for the majority of my time here. The old bills disappeared out of circulation pretty quickly after the new ones came out a couple of years ago. It should not be surprising if the odd one pops up now and again. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 4:45 am Post subject: |
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| Still legal tender. Just mainly out of circulation. |
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Chris_Dixon
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 5:42 am Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| Still legal tender. Just mainly out of circulation. |
indeed...i still get them in change now and again...when it makes its way back to the bank itll get destroyed. |
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crsandus
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| I have one of those bills too, in mint condition. I remember my Mom handing me crisp 1000, 5000, and 10000 bills a few years back before the bills changed. I remember reading an article about a big rush to get the old bills before the new ones were put into circulation... Sadly I gave the 5K and 10K bills away to a friend. |
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jvalmer
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm amazed at the speed that they worked the old bills out of the system. It took a matter of weeks before it was hard to find the old bills. I thought they would have let good conditioned old bills stay in the system until they got worn out. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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Hang on to that. It might become collectible.
I have an old 500 won note (part of the loot my old boss in the states gave me before I left for Korea) in my wallet that is always good as a conversation piece. |
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bassexpander
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| Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| This thread is making me feel old. |
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goesslry
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| Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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taidgh
Joined: 17 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:32 am Post subject: Re: Strange 1000Won bill? |
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| red_devil wrote: |
I just got a strange 1000won bill from the Dominos delivery guy...i looked it up and it appears to be a 1000won bill issued back in 1983. The bill itself was crisp and looked quite new...do you think this is a counterfeited bill? I heard they went through a period of time where bills where heavily counterfeited...
It looks like this bill:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1000_won_serieII_reverse.jpeg |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:35 pm Post subject: Re: Strange 1000Won bill? |
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| red_devil wrote: |
I just got a strange 1000won bill from the Dominos delivery guy...i looked it up and it appears to be a 1000won bill issued back in 1983. The bill itself was crisp and looked quite new...do you think this is a counterfeited bill? I heard they went through a period of time where bills where heavily counterfeited...
It looks like this bill:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1000_won_serieII_reverse.jpeg |
I have several of the rose colored 1000 won notes somewhere. I'll have to dig them out. I remember when they were phasing them out. There is rather large rose colored ones and the smaller version of them. I have also the larger one. I collect these things. I made sure to get a couple of the old 5,000 won notes. I like those. The older 5,000 and 1,000 notes look more interesting than the new ones, IMHO. I think the newer ones are too small. I also happen to have a very old 5,000 won note from the 1970s. It's pretty old. I should scan some of these things. I don't have an old 10,000 won note. Anyone have the 500 won notes? |
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egrog1717
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
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Damn... Was hoping you had found one of the 1k bills with the King wearing sunglasses... Been colouring in those bad boys for a year and a half now  |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:37 am Post subject: Re: Strange 1000Won bill? |
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| Adventurer wrote: |
| red_devil wrote: |
I just got a strange 1000won bill from the Dominos delivery guy...i looked it up and it appears to be a 1000won bill issued back in 1983. The bill itself was crisp and looked quite new...do you think this is a counterfeited bill? I heard they went through a period of time where bills where heavily counterfeited...
It looks like this bill:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1000_won_serieII_reverse.jpeg |
I have several of the rose colored 1000 won notes somewhere. I'll have to dig them out. I remember when they were phasing them out. There is rather large rose colored ones and the smaller version of them. I have also the larger one. I collect these things. I made sure to get a couple of the old 5,000 won notes. I like those. The older 5,000 and 1,000 notes look more interesting than the new ones, IMHO. I think the newer ones are too small. I also happen to have a very old 5,000 won note from the 1970s. It's pretty old. I should scan some of these things. I don't have an old 10,000 won note. Anyone have the 500 won notes? |
I saw it at the Korean mint in Daejeon. It has Yi Sun shin and a turtle ship on it. |
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