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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2593976, member: 4373&quot;]I guess somewhere along the lines, there must be some tweaking during the minting process. I&#039;m certain that something must have happened with the planchets as the finish differ - the earlier coins look silverish whereas the modern 100 won coins look like they have some chrome like finish. While the composition may have remained the same, I&#039;m certain something must have changed, i.e. the planchets were manufactured to be harder causing the dies to wear out quicker. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also echo the majority&#039;s opinion when the mint increased production, it likely caused the quality to fall. I&#039;m also suspecting business tactics also came into play such as &quot;cost cutting&quot;, &quot;raising material / labor cost&quot;, &quot;cost control&quot; etc. If I recall correctly, this is also the era where South Korea&#039;s economy was booming but at the same time also the start of the government attempting to control inflation. 500 won coin was introduced around the same time. Who knows - I&#039;m not an economist or a business minded person so I could be wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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