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1 Won Dryocopus Javensis
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | Second Won (1959-2009) |
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| Reverse description | A White-bellied Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) is depicted in high relief perched on a tree branch, rendered in naturalistic style with fine feather detail visible across the body and wings. The bird faces left, its distinctive black and white plumage faithfully represented. The circular Latin legend 'BIRDS OF KOREA • DRYOCOPUS JAVENSIS' runs along the upper periphery. The denomination '1 WON' is inscribed in two lines in the lower field beneath the branch. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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North Korea began issuing collector-oriented aluminum pieces in the late 1990s partly as a hard-currency earner — these coins were sold abroad through state trading channels while the domestic economy was in the grip of the catastrophic famine of 1994–1998, known in official North Korean discourse as the "Arduous March," which killed hundreds of thousands and effectively collapsed the country's existing monetary circulation.
Dryocopus javensis, the white-bellied woodpecker, ranges across parts of the Korean peninsula. Its inclusion here reflects a broader DPRK numismatic pattern of using wildlife subjects specifically for foreign export series, not domestic use.