I know we were in Korea one coin back but I'm taking us back. This time to the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, aka North Korea! A 1978 50-chon (KM 12). Beautiful, ain't it? The one star signifies that it was supposed to be used only by visitors from communist countries. No star was general circulation and two stars were for visitors from capitalist countries (or hard currency countries).
Back to China. The Japanese puppet state of Manchoukuo in the area just north of Korea. 10 Fen, 1940.
Let's take a short jaunt to Monaco and lose some money at the tables. A 1943 2-francs presenting Prince Louis II.