Mark Lovmo has posted a nice historical page on South Korean coins: http://www.dokdo-research.com/koreancoins.html
KOREA,
KINGDOM, 1/2 chon K1124 KM-10 (1906) mostly
brown AU, bits of luster, some dark areas, $60.00
sold
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SOUTH KOREA, Seoul
olympics silver set, 8 each of 5000 & 10,000 won silver coins, 16 total,
BUs
in capsules, no case or papers, $565.00
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All of the apparent surface variation you see
in the pictures has to do with the capsules and lighting. The coins
themselves are uniformly perfect.
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