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1 Won Children wrestling
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse script | Hangul |
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| Reverse description | Two young wrestlers in traditional Korean folk attire are depicted in dynamic combat in the center of the field, each grasping the other's cloth belt in the ssireum style, their postures conveying vigorous movement and physical contest. The figures are rendered in high relief against a smooth, polished background. The curved legend 'KOREAN FOLK.III' arcs along the upper left periphery, and 'WRESTLING.' arcs along the upper right, both in Latin capital letters. Small decorative crescent-shaped ornaments appear in the lower field on either side of the figures. |
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North Korea's commemorative brass issues from the early 2000s were produced almost exclusively for export through state trading companies — the coins never circulated domestically and were sold abroad in sets to generate hard currency. The program was managed largely through Pyongyang's relationships with European numismatic dealers, particularly in Germany and Austria, who contracted directly with the Korean Central Bank's foreign trade arm.
KM#364 is part of a broader folk games series issued that year, a recurring theme the DPRK mint returned to throughout the late 1990s and 2000s.