Series: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/series.php?id=12426
Sources:
https://www.coin-database.com/series/south-korea-unesco-world-heritage-site-50000-won.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_South_Korea
Add:
- Name (local): 유네스코 세계유산 (according lettering in coins)
- Description (EN): (see below)
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Series dedicated to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South Korea. The UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage. Cultural heritage consists of monuments, groups of buildings, and sites, while natural heritage consists of natural features, geological and physiographical formations, and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty. The first sites in South Korea were inscribed in 1995.
The series consists of one 30 000 Won coin and two 50 000 Won coins, made of silver (0.999), issued by the Bank of Korea and minted by the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation between 2010 and 2012, one per year.
