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1 Won Buddha
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Currency | Second Won (1959-2009) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea occupies the central field, depicting a hydroelectric power station beneath a radiant five-pointed star, flanked by sheaves of rice bound with a ribbon and encircled by a wreath. The denomination '1 원' (1 Won) appears below the arms, with the date '2001' in the exergue. Decorative foliate ornaments flank the lower field. The circular legend reading '조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행' (Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) runs along the upper periphery in Hangul script. |
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| Obverse lettering | Type 1: 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 1 원 2001 Type 2: 조선민주주의인민공화국 1 원 Type 3: 조선민주주의인민공화국 2001 1 원 |
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North Korea issued a series of collector-oriented aluminum pieces around the turn of the millennium explicitly for sale to foreign currency markets — domestic circulation was never the intent. Hard currency earned through numismatic exports was a meaningful, if modest, revenue stream for Pyongyang during the economic collapse that followed Soviet aid cutoffs in the early 1990s.
KM#466 exists in multiple catalog variants distinguished by inscription differences on the reverse edge treatment, which accounts for the Schön cross-reference divergence.