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1 Won Arirang Dancer
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 1 원 (Translation: Central Bank of Democratic People`s Republic of Korea, 1 Won) |
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| Reverse lettering | 대집단체조와 예술공연 MASS GYMNASTIC AND ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE 아리랑 ARIRANG Juche 91 (2002) |
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North Korea has issued commemorative coinage sporadically since the 1970s, almost entirely for foreign collectors and diplomatic currency — virtually none of these pieces ever circulated domestically. The Arirang series of the early 2000s coincided with the mass Arirang gymnastic festivals revived under Kim Jong-il, which by 2002 were drawing over 100,000 participants per performance and functioning as state propaganda on a nearly industrial scale.
The brass variant designated KM#313a distinguishes it from a silver issue of the same type, both produced without meaningful domestic monetary function.