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Message:: [QUOTE="mlov43, post: 1817995, member: 16729"]It's a Sixteenth-Century Admiral from Korea.  His name was Yi Soon-shin (also anglicized as Yi Sun-sin, or Lee Soon-sin), and he was famous for winning scores of naval battles against Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Japanese forces in the southern waters of the coast of Korea.  Hideyoshi made two attempts to conquer Korea (1591 and 1597) in order to use the peninnsula as a staging area for an invasion of Ming China.  Both times, Admiral Yi sank his ships, with help from the Ming Chinese, cutting off Hideyoshi's supply lines.  After the first victory, Yi became the victim of jealousy and was reduced to the rank of Private and thrown in jail.  When the Japanese came back five years later, of course, they said, "oh, sorry 'bout that!  Umm, could you be a dear and go save the country again for us?," gave him back his commission and command, and in the final battle which sent the Japanese packing for good (Battle of Noryang Strait), of course, he gets killed. Hollywood should make a movie about him.   Starring Russel Crowe as Admiral Yi. The first design of these coins (1970) were much more sharp, and had better strike-depth.  In 1983, they redesigned all six of the circulating coins' and based the new designs on the then-newly-introduced 500 Won coin.  The new design is what you see:  A washed-out, shallow strike, and Admiral Yi looks positively tired.  I like the old one much better.[/QUOTE]