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1 Won Arirang Mass Games
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Hangul, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a central composition depicting two robed female figures, one on each side, raising their arms to jointly hold aloft a globe bearing the Hangul inscription 3대헌장 ('Three Charters'), evoking the theme of Korean reunification. Between and below the figures, a stylised outline of the Korean peninsula and mountain peaks appears above the inscription 'PYONGYANG' in Latin letters. In the lower field, a depiction of Rungrado May Day Stadium is rendered in relief. The Hangul legend 대집단체조와예술공연, meaning 'Mass gymnastic and artistic performance', arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by decorative dotted borders, while the name 'ARIRANG' is inscribed in Latin letters along the lower rim. |
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Issued to commemorate the Arirang Festival, the mass gymnastic and artistic performance that North Korea began staging in 2002 as a showcase of Juche ideology and collective discipline. At its peak, Arirang involved upwards of 100,000 participants — the largest choreographed event ever recorded — and the regime used associated commemorative coinage partly as hard-currency earners through foreign collector markets, since aluminium pieces of this type never meaningfully circulated domestically.