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1/2 Chon FAO
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 1/2 Chon (0.005 KPW) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea occupies the central field, depicting Mount Paektu within a radiant sunburst surmounted by a five-pointed star, flanked by sheaves of rice bound with a ribbon, and featuring a hydroelectric dam in the lower portion. The Hangul legend reading 'Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea' curves along the upper periphery, with a continuation of the inscription along the right side of the field. The four-digit date '2002' is inscribed in the exergue below the arms. |
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| Reverse script | Hangul, Latin |
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Issued under the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) umbrella program, this piece belongs to a long-running series of low-denomination coins produced by member states as nominal gestures toward FAO food security initiatives — though North Korea's actual agricultural crisis in the late 1990s, in which an estimated 600,000 to one million people died of famine, renders the FAO branding grimly ironic. The aluminum composition reflects chronic metal shortages that constrained DPRK minting operations throughout this period.