Bags full of coins that have been stored at the Bank of Korea after circulating in the market. According to the central bank, in the first quarter it recollected coins worth 16.5 billion won ($14.6 million), a 375 percent surge from the fourth quarter of last year and the largest since 1998. [YONHAP]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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