The Bank of Korea has issued two new Proof-quality silver coins which are dedicated to Korean national parks in an effort to make the beauty of Korea’s natural environment and the future value of ecological preservation more widely known. This year’s coins, the first in a new multi-year series, features the national parks of Jirisan and Bukhansan
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World Coin Tips for Collectors – Coin Shops in Seoul, South Korea
By Mark Lovmo – dokdo-research.com/koreancoins.html …… This article is a guide to some of the coin and currency shops in Seoul, Korea. It is by no means an exhaustive list of all of the coin shops one can find in Seoul, but it IS an attempt to review some of the major brick-and-mortar vendors of […]
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CoinWeek News Wire for September 22, 2017: Nanotechnology, Coin Thievery, and Gold
By Coinweek …. CoinWeek News Wire for September 22, 2017: Brain Food 1.) The ATM at 50: How it’s changed consumer behavior The wide acceptance of the ATMs changed the types of cash Americans typically carry in the pocketbooks. Since ATMs became more widely available in the early 1980s, the $20 bill has regularly been […]
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CoinWeek News Wire for September 22, 2017: Nanotechnology, Coin Thievery, and Gold
By Coinweek …. CoinWeek News Wire for September 22, 2017: Brain Food 1.) The ATM at 50: How it’s changed consumer behavior The wide acceptance of the ATMs changed the types of cash Americans typically carry in the pocketbooks. Since ATMs became more widely available in the early 1980s, the $20 bill has regularly been […]
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South Korea: First-of-its-kind commemorative banknote announced for Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics
The Bank of Korea have officially announced (28th August) they will issue a new commemorative 2,000-won bank note in celebration of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games.
The note, which is equal in exchange to $1
CoinWeek News Wire for July 21, 2017: The Hobby Under Fire, Endangered Cash, & Coin Crime
By Coinweek …. CoinWeek News Wire for July 14, 2017: The War on Cash 2: This Time It’s Personal 1.) ‘CASH ESSENTIAL TO PERSONAL FREEDOM’ – EUROPEANS PUSH BACK The biggest cited concern for respondents was the threat the cash restrictions would pose to privacy and personal anonymity. A total of 87% of respondents viewed […]
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South Korean Mint Set Primer for Western Collectors
By Mark Lovmo for CoinWeek.com ….. The Bank of Korea (BOK) has sanctioned the release of yearly six-coin mint sets for the past three decades. Although various kinds of coin sets featuring South Korean coins can be found dating back to the 1970s, their connection to the Bank of Korea may be tenuous at […]
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CoinWeek News Wire for December 30, 2016
By Coinweek …. CoinWeek News Wire for December 30, 2016 Brain Food 1.) The medal detective Few things mean as much to soldiers as their medals. But if the medals get lost, how do they find their way home? That’s where Major Zachariah Fike comes in… 2.) All India coin in India-1940-1965 3.) Falkirk’s […]
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South Korea Canning Coins by 2020, Turning to Electronic Monetary System
Boasting more digital transactions than ever, Korean officials believe coins are outmoded and therefore are making strides toward becoming a “coinless society” by the year 2020 By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for Coinweek ……. South Korea has announced it is going cashless by 2020 as the nation becomes increasingly dependent on the use of credit cards […]
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