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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2900406, member: 16729&quot;]No.</p><p>Those are countermarks saying, &quot;kyeon yang&quot; or &quot;Sample&quot; in English.&nbsp; These countermarks were added to all coins that foreign collectors ordered from the Bank of Korea years ago.&nbsp; According to their rules (at the time?), the Koreans had to mark their coins with this countermark if they sent/sold their coinage overseas.&nbsp; This is according an article written by Joseph E. Boling in 1988.&nbsp;&nbsp; He wrote,</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&quot;<i><b>ROK specimen coins are virtually unique among modern issues in their availability outside official channels.&nbsp; No other nation known to me routinely applied specimen markings to her coins. ROK law prohibited the export of her currency, even in token amounts, so anyone outside of Korea who ordered a 4292 (1959)-dated coin set from the central bank received a set with &quot;sample&quot; stamped on the reverse in two characters.&nbsp; These are by no means common, but are nevertheless occasionally available, whereas such items from other nations are hardly ever seen, let alone available.</b></i>&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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