Korea 1947, Japan 1945 and Germany 1923

I don't normally collect paper money, but these caught my eye. About $3 each.
Korea 100 Won (1947) ND


Japan 10 Sen Military Occupation Currency (1945) ND


Weimar Germany Inflationary 20,000 Mark 1923

 

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I like that Korean 100 Won! Even though it was post-WWII, it is cool to see that there is no Hangeul on it at all.

 

My (Chinese) mother lived in Japan in the 90s. She said that she could read almost all of every newspaper in characters alone, even at such a late date.
Apparently to this day, Korean legal documents use Hangeul exclusively.

 

Something about that Korean note reminds me of this Japanese note

 

In learning Korean, when I got to the higher level topics, I had to learn a small amount of Hanja/Chinese. Nowadays, my Chinese is rusty at best.

To keep this sort of related, here is a Korean 500 Won note. It has Korean and a little bit of Korean on it. I bought it in an underground market in Seoul. It features my favorite ship of all time: The Turtle Boat

 

Despite Mandarin being my first language, it's been rusty since day one

 

My only 2 Bank of Korea

 

Nice pick-ups. Thanks for sharing.

 

Had not noticed before scanning the 2 together, the 1000 Won from 1983 is printed 'The Bank of Korea' whereas the 2007 is printed 'Bank of Korea'

Obverse
Confucian scholar Yi Hwang (1501-1570), also known by his penname Toegye, is considered to be one of the two greatest Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty. One raised colored dot for visually impaired at lower left.