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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2220149, member: 4373&quot;]For those who don&#039;t understand the implications of this - this coin, if it was indeed struck on such planchet could be quite interesting.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>mlov - I know you are well aware of the history but for the sake of everyone, I might as well write a brief history. Please feel free to correct me as I am working off my memory.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In 1966, a new set of coins were released for South Korea. Coins of 1 won were struck of brass like quality because of the low face value (60% Cu, 40% Zn). However in 1968, these were struck in aluminum due to the gradual increase of copper price. 10 won coins were struck in higher quality copper content (88% Cu, 12% Zn). This and 5 won coins were also affected by copper prices and around the middle of 1970, these coins were struck in lower quality copper alloy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Therefore, this coin, if it was really struck in one of the lower copper content alloy would be quite interesting, if not bizarre. Personall I don&#039;t believe this is the case and it could be a case of misattributing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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