South Korean won
1 CHF = 1,181 KRW ₩ 1,000 = 0.847 CHF
The Won ( ₩ currency symbol ) is the currency of South Korea. The ISO 4217 code is KRW.
There are coins of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 won.
The 1 - and 5 -Won coins are uncommon. The 10 -Won coin is produced since December 2006, copper and aluminum and is only 18 mm in size, yet it is still possible with the 24 -mm 10 -Won coins from previous years to pay (with the same back as the smaller 10 -Won coin).
The coins of 1, 5 and 10 won have been first issued on 16 August 1966.
There are bills to 1,000, 5,000, 10,000 and 50,000 won - Editor for coins and notes is the central Bank of Korea. The notes represent famous men ( Yi Hwang, Yi I and Sejong ) as well as a famous artist ( Shin Saimdang ) on the new 50,000 - won note and on the back of the building in Korea.
On 11 February 2010, the Bank of Korea announced that the number of outstanding 50,000 - won bills end of January 2010 stood at 212 million pieces. These were 5.3% of all outstanding bills.
As a comparative value of the unit of the 1,000 - won bills with around 30 %, the proportion of the 5,000 - won bills with 5% and the proportion of the 10,000 - won bills with more than 55% was specified.
" Won " is the Korean pronunciation of East Asian Geldzählworts, which is the Chinese languages , Japanese and Korean language in common and is used for the currencies of China, Japan and the two Koreas. This measure word was originally written with the Chinese character圆, which was but the two Koreas with the Hangul spelling 원, in Japan in 1946 replaced in the 20th century with the simplified form円and in the PRC by the abbreviation圆. As traditional characters, the character encounters still on the bills and the (rare ) coins of the Republic of China ( New Taiwan Dollar ). The pronunciation of the character derives in all countries of a former Chinese pronunciation from, has but then separated further developed, so that the number word today yuán on Mandarin Chinese, is pronounced in Japanese en and in Korean won - but will 원 ( won) today used in Korea for the Korean currencies; approach in modern Chinese and Japanese pronunciation unit of the renminbi 위안 ( wian ), the yen is written 엔 (s) held 원 ( won).
Both amount (eg 500 / obaek ) and measure word ( won) are expressed today sinokoreanisch in South Korea.
History
The Won was tied after the Second World War to the U.S. dollar. On December 6, 1947, North Korea established its own central bank and currency. From 15 February 1953 to June 9, 1962 was in areas controlled by South Korea areas of Hwan.
On January 2, 2006, a new 5,000 -Won banknote was issued. The old 5,000 -Won banknote was often confused with the former 1,000 - won note; Therefore, the new bill had a different size. Since February 2006, the 1,000 -Won and 10,000 Won banknotes no longer published, but it relied on the existing stock. As of January 22, 2007, these notes were also replaced with new, fälschungssicherere banknotes. On 23 June 2009 have been released as the new highest bill of the 50,000 - won note.