₩1000 — One Thousand Won
The artwork
Front: Yi Hwang (1501–1570), the Confucian scholar known by his pen name Toegye, in horsehair cap and plain robe, his dates set in small type beside the shoulder. Behind him a panel of stylised cloud, mountain and blossom in green and lilac, with the Bank's rosette and the red seal of the Governor struck over it. At left, a vessel holding bare branches. Denomination in Hangul as 천 원, with 한국은행권 above.
Back: Dosan Seowon at Andong, the Confucian academy raised in Yi Hwang's memory beside the Nakdong river, drawn from above: lecture halls and gatehouses under heavy tiled roofs, courtyard walls, pines and dense hillside woodland, with the site named in small Hangul at the foot. English legends read THE BANK OF KOREA and 1000 WON, and the printer's line 한국조폐공사 제조 sits bottom left.
In circulation
The second-series 1,000 won, in circulation from 1983 and the everyday small note of South Korea for more than two decades. It was superseded by the redesigned 1,000 won issued in January 2007, which keeps Yi Hwang but is smaller and differently coloured; the older notes were withdrawn while remaining legal tender.
Details
- IssuerThe Bank of Korea (한국은행)
- CurrencyWon (₩)
- DenominationOne Thousand Won
- Collectedon the South Korea journeys, 2005–2008
- SeriesSecond series 1,000 won, portrait of Yi Hwang
- PrinterKorea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (한국조폐공사)
- SignatureRed seal of the Governor of the Bank of Korea
- Dimensions151 × 76 mm