100 Hwan, Korea, 1959
date: label: date made
content: 1959
label: associated date
content: 1959
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 100 hwan specimen coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: Korea, 1959
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Denomination flanked two bong whang (mystical birds), date per the Korean calendar
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 4292 / REPUBLIC / OF / KOREA / 100
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Left-facing portrait bust of the Republic of Korea’s first president, Syngman Rhee with denomination to left in hangul.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: Romanization: BAEG / HWAN / HANGUG-EUNHAENG (Translation: 100 hwan The Bank of Korea).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: South Korea
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: East Asian Coins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: L. Benson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU89071
label: catalog number
content: NU89071
label: accession number
content: 259961
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper-nickel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 mm x 26 mm; 1/16 in x 1 1/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x 2.5 cm; 3/32 in x 31/32 in