2 coins Coins need help identifying

i have these 2 coins i recently recieved in a rather large bag of world coins. I have been able to identify all of them ... except these 2.

side 1
side 2

thanks for any reply's!! these 2 coins got me stumped!

 

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1990 Korean 100 won and 1981 Taiwan 1 yuan. Don't have Krause handy to check the KM/Y #s or mintages, but both are quite common.

 

thanks!! i figured neither were rare or worth much. but they cool anyhoot!

thanks for the info! without being able to read the inscriptions - i dont think i ever would have found them!

 

I've noted down the mintage numbers for South Korean coins http://www.gxseries.com/numis/koreatype/koreatype_modern.htm

Not very rare but still interesting

 

I don't know, but I think the South Korean coin market is hot right now. A year ago, I "foolishly" sold a few Korean coins on e-bay. I put it up at 0.99 first bid and all heck ensued. These were coins I had bought from littleton Coin Company on approval back in the early 70's. Let's just say I made a LOT of money!!!

EDIT: And these were to South Korean buyers. I had to go to my Post Office to figure out how much to charge them for postage!

 

The USPS postage calculator doesn't work for you?

 

Thanks, i can't identify those either

 

Sorry Hontonai,

When I sold those coins, it was the first time i had foreign buyers. I really don't see the difference between going to the post office (which I had to to do anyway to send other things) and checking it on the Internet??????

I also tried to PM you, but you have that turned off.

Sorry, I'll try to do better in the future.

 

onthe 100 korean won ... is it North or south.. or doesnt it matter? im nto sure if they use the same coinage or not.

 

oops.. never mind Gx has it listed as south korea hope he did his research

 

A (very) brief history of Korean coinage:

Prior to the late 19th Century - Cast round coins with a square hole similar in design to Chinese cash coins circulated, as Korea was a semi-independent tributary of China..

From 1895-1905 both Japan and Russia dominated Korea at various times, influencing their coinage.

From 1905-1910 as a Japanese protectorate Korea issued Japanese-style milled coins.

In August, 1910, Japan annexed Korea as a province, and ordinary Japanese coins circulated there.

Following the end of WWII in 1945, the country was liberated from Japanese control and two independent countries were created. Since that time the Republic of Korea ("South Korea") and the Democratic Republic of Korea ("North Korea") have each issued their own separate and distinct coinage.