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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 24776433, member: 69760&quot;]I noticed something peculiar on the ironclad turtle ship coins issued by North and South Korea. If you look at the North Korean ones, all of the turtle ships face right. Meanwhile, all of the South Korean ones face left.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s as if there&#039;s an unwritten rule that they both follow--that the turtle ships <i>must</i> be facing the opposing direction as their neighbor across the DMZ. Perhaps the symbolism is this: South Korea is facing left and is &quot;moving towards the West&quot;, while the North Korea is facing the right and is &quot;moving towards the East&quot;. Whatever the reason, it could help collectors in identifying which of the two Koreas minted the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=16729]@mlov43[/USER] Did you notice this and do you know anything about any stated reason behind this? Perhaps it&#039;s not on every single coin, but it appears to be on all of South Korea&#039;s coins (not sure about North korean coins). It&#039;s been going on like this for decades, so this practice appears to be passed on somehow (either internally or publicly somewhere).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are <i>some</i> examples (photos from the &#039;net):</p><p><br /></p><p><b>North Korea (Right/East-facing)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1991 500 Won</p><p><img src="https://img.ma-shops.com/sesambestcoins/pic/100948.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1995 200 Won</p><p><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B4%2F6%2F5%2F0%2F4650739%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2003 5 Won</p><p><img src="https://media.karousell.com/media/photos/products/2018/07/30/2003_north_korea_turtle_boat_1592_ri_dynasty_period_of_korea_5_won_coin_pure_silver_proof_struck_unc_1532925766_59585a2b_progressive.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2003 10 Won</p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/coree_du_nord/881-original.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/coree_du_nord/881-original.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/coree_du_nord/881-original.jpg</a></p><p><img src="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/coree_du_nord/881-original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2003 20 Won</p><p><img src="https://img.ma-shops.com/sesambestcoins/pic/32148.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2015 5 Won</p><p><a href="https://i.colnect.net/b/3763/209/5-Won-Turtle-Ship---1592-back.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://i.colnect.net/b/3763/209/5-Won-Turtle-Ship---1592-back.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://i.colnect.net/b/3763/209/5-Won-Turtle-Ship---1592-back.jpg</a></p><p><img src="https://i.colnect.net/b/3763/209/5-Won-Turtle-Ship---1592-back.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>South Korea (Left/West-facing)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1970 100 Won</p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/25gAAOSwOd5jFr7v/s-l400.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1970 5,000 Won</p><p><img src="https://media.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/ponterio/226/image34199.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1982 5 Won</p><p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3pwzZSEgrkbJXvLt7g3lp67qV83Ekfb3BVqRCecVHb9qSGg_t5cbdoHOYgbQF_wVOCUk&amp;usqp=CAU" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1986 50,000 Won</p><p><img src="https://www.moneta-coins.com/photopost/data/873/medium/KOR_Turtle88Gld.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1987 Medal</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images3-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static-cluster3/OjYC-1-11DHZ/3-S8OKL/67a25f95-cbfa-421e-be2a-d46a5b943def?width=720&amp;height=720&amp;resizeinbox=true&amp;backgroundcolor=eeeeee" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2020 5 Won</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585191[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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