New Designed Notes Debut
A flood of citizens are waiting in front of the Bank of Korea (BOK) for new banknotes to be released. The bank plans to exchange old banknotes for the new version at its exchange counter beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Over 300 collectors began queuing in anticipation two days ago.
Along with the new ten thousand won banknotes, five thousand won and one thousand won notes will also debut today. According to experts, these new notes are designed to prevent forgery. According to a source from the BOK, the big change will be improved security. He said that the most notable anti-counterfeit feature is the projected hidden picture.
Some bill collectors burned the midnight oil in their tents, cooking rice and ramyon, waiting for the new bills. According to a source from the BOK, it will preserve the new banknotes numbered 1 through 100 in the National Currency Museum and sell those numbered 101 through 10,000 at auction for the unprivileged.
The source said that the Bank will release new bills numbered from 10,001 to 30,000 at the exchange counter on Monday. The luckiest person can get the first new bill numbered 10,001 from the bank. When asked about the value of the first bill, numbered 10,001, the person who stood first in the line said, “I came here on Thursday at 9:00 a.m.,” not answering the question. Some collectors conformingly say that the value of the first bill will jump over tens of times in price.
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