New South Korean $50 Bill

Ok, clearly it's not $50 . . . it's W50,000. 50,000 won. Right now it's not worth as much as $50 due to the exchange rate, but that is beside the point.

The point is that Korea has a "big money" bill. A large banknote.

"Large?" you ask.

"Yes, large!" I say.

For, prior to this ("this" being the past few months), Korea only had the equivalent of $1, $5, and $10 bills.

If you needed a significant sum of money it resulted in a big wad of bills.

Now that wad is smaller.

Hooray smaller wads!