Skip to main content

Bank of Korea embarks on ‘coinless society’ project

Central bank wants to eradicate use of coins by 2020

seoul-south-korea-web

The Bank of Korea is taking its first steps towards creating a "coinless society", beginning a process of slowly phasing out the use of coins.

In a statement released on November 30, the central bank revealed it would be starting a pilot scheme in the first half of 2017 which would involve coin payments being made via the nation's electronic travel passes or ‘T-cards'.

Currently, the South Korean won is circulated in six coin denominations, the largest of which, the W500, is worth $0.43. Under

Solo los usuarios que tengan una suscripción de pago o formen parte de una suscripción corporativa pueden imprimir o copiar contenido.

Para acceder a estas opciones, junto con todas las demás ventajas de la suscripción, póngase en contacto con info@centralbanking.com o consulte nuestras opciones de suscripción aquí: subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

Actualmente no puede copiar este contenido. Póngase en contacto con info@centralbanking.com para obtener más información.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Regístrese en Central Banking

Todos los campos son obligatorios, salvo que se indique lo contrario.

Mostrar contraseña
Ocultar contraseña

Most read articles loading...

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Iniciar sesión
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.