South Korean Won
The won (원) (sign: ₩; code: KRW) is the currency of South Korea. A single won is divided into 100 jeon, the monetary subunit. The jeon is no longer used for everyday transactions, and appears only in foreign exchange rates.
Read more about South Korean Won: Etymology, Currency Production
Famous quotes containing the words south and/or won:
“During Prohibition days, when South Carolina was actively advertising the iodine content of its vegetables, the Hell Hole brand of ‘liquid corn’ was notorious with its waggish slogan: ‘Not a Goiter in a Gallon.’”
—Administration in the State of Sout, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“A man who knows the Real
is won only by true feeling.
Who can fool an old cat
with sour gruel?”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)