Saudi Arabian Riyal in South Korean Won

SAR Saudi Arabian Riyal

Country of application:
Saudi Arabia

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 25, 50 halals, 1, 2 rials.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 riyals.

History reference:
The Saudi riyal (riyal) has been the national currency and money of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since 1928, even before the creation of a single state. Independent minting of coins on the territory o...f Hijaz (the coastal western region of the Arabian Peninsula with the main Islamic centers - Mecca and Medina) began rather late - at the beginning of the 19th century. These were copper mahmoudis and silver rupees, which were minted by the sheriffs of Mecca, nominally dependent on the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. In 1916, with the support of the British and Arab nationalists, the sheriff of Mecca, Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi, declared himself king of the Hijaz. He also began minting his own coins in Mecca. In addition to the minting of coins of the Ottoman type (kirsh, para and dinars), under Hussein, all silver rials-thalers were countermarked. They were minted with the word "HIJAZ" in Arabic script.

KRW South Korean Won

Country of application:
The Republic of Korea

Coin denominations in circulation:
500, 100, 50, 10, 5 and 1 won.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
50K, 10K, 5K and 1K won

History reference:
In 1945, after World War II, the country split into South and North Korea. At the same time, a new currency, the won, was introduced. The South Korean Won is the currency of the Republic of Korea. On... the front side of South Korean banknotes in denominations of 1 thousand won, a portrait of a philosopher and thinker of the 16th century is depicted. Lee Hwan, mennyundan (a traditional Confucian classroom at Sungkyunkwan University), and an olive flower. On the back - a coastal landscape of a rocky sea coast. For 5,000 won - one of the most prominent Confucian scholars of the 16th century, Li Yi, in front of the Ojukhon Museum Complex in Gangneung, as well as black bamboo and a reproduction of the work of Li Yis mother, artist Sin Saimdang, "Insects and Plants." The 10,000 won depicts the fourth ruler of the 15th century of the Korean dynasty, Lee Sejoy the Great, under whom a cultural upsurge took place in the country and an old Korean globe of the 17th century. For 50 thousand won - the artist, poetess, calligrapher of the 16th century, Sin Saimdang, and on the back - bamboo and Japanese plum.