If you book online, you save 15% on the exchange margin and pay at the airport the collection day. If they can actually get your exotic currency, prepare for a couple of visits to your bank before you can have the money on your hands. Click and collect or walk in to our stores. Immediate availability of currencies in our branches. Travel money is just a secondary business for banks. On June 23, 2009, the Bank of Korea announced the issuance of 100 000 won bills, but its introduction was canceled at the last moment.
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On Deceman agreement was signed with the International Monetary Fund to allow the free fluctuation of the won in the market. At the time of its introduction, 125 won equaled 1 US dollar. On June 9, 1962, the won was reintroduced with an exchange rate for which 10 hwan equaled 1 KRW and on Mait would become the only legal currency in South Korea.
A year later a new series of bills denominated in won was introduced, although they were the first emissions of the hwan. And with it, new banknote denominations were introduced. The first South Korean won was replaced by the hwan on Februat a rate of 1 hwan equal to 100 won.Īt that time, it was the Bank of Joseon that minted the coins and issued the notes and it was not until 1950 when the Bank of Korea was created. After this, the currency would suffer a series of devaluations, in part, by the Korean War. The South Korean won was initially set against the US dollar at a 15 won equals $1 rate. Each of these territories would have a different currency, although, in both cases, it would be called won and would replace the existing yen. In 1945 Korea was divided into North and South. To talk about the origins of the South Korean won we must go back to the end of World War II.
Origins and history of the South Korean won It is divided into 100 dollars, the amount of which there is no currency.
The South Korean won is the currency in circulation in South Korea since 1945, although it would later be replaced, temporarily, by the Hwan.