Catalog
1 Won Birthplace
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Value | 1 Won |
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| Reverse script | Hangul |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued in 1987 for foreign visitors to North Korea, this coin was part of a parallel currency system designed to segregate tourist spending from the domestic economy. The DPRK maintained separate won denominations for capitalist-country visitors versus socialist-country visitors — this piece falls into the latter category, identifiable by the absence of a star on the reverse.
These coins rarely left the country through legitimate channels.