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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 4351648, member: 16729&quot;]The Bank of Korea and the South Korean Mint, KOMSCO, have announced a 2020 Proof Set of the nation&#039;s circulation coins to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Bank of Korea.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101295[/ATTACH]</p><p>70,000 mint sets will be made and the sale price is set at 30,000-won a piece.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101296[/ATTACH]</p><p>Each person will be allowed to register for five sets from Woori Bank and Nonghyeob Bank or at the KOMSCO site itself (<a href="https://www.komsco.com/kor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.komsco.com/kor" rel="nofollow">https://www.komsco.com/kor</a>). The registration begins at 9 am (South Korea time: GMT/UTC + 9h during Standard Time) on April 28th and runs to May 18th.&nbsp; An automatic random lottery will be triggered when the number of reservations placed exceed the number of sets for sale. The sets will be distributed in June.</p><p>More info here: <a href="https://www.bok.or.kr/portal/bbs/P0000559/view.do?nttId=10057606&amp;menuNo=200690" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bok.or.kr/portal/bbs/P0000559/view.do?nttId=10057606&amp;menuNo=200690" rel="nofollow">https://www.bok.or.kr/portal/bbs/P0000559/view.do?nttId=10057606&amp;menuNo=200690</a> Bring up the pdf. for info in Korean.&nbsp; Unfortunately, they aren&#039;t translating this issue announcement in English, and probably due to staffing issues due to Covid-19...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure, but I don&#039;t think that you can purchase these sets unless you have a Korean bank-issued credit card, if past experience is any indication.&nbsp; I messaged the BOK to ask about this, and I&#039;ll see if they respond with an answer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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