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1 Won German Naval Training Association
| Issuer | North Korea |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Weight | 17 g |
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| Obverse description | The State Emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea occupies the central field, depicting the Paektu-san hydroelectric power station beneath a radiant five-pointed star, flanked by sheaves of rice bound with a ribbon bearing an inscription, and framed by sprays of Korean pine. A partial wreath of stylized leaves appears at the lower left and right of the field. The circular legend in Hangul script reads along the upper periphery, while the denomination '1 WON' appears in Latin script at the base. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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North Korea issued a series of won pieces around 2000 targeting the foreign collector market, and this piece commemorating a German naval training association belongs firmly to that category. Pyongyang's foreign-currency coin program produced hundreds of thematic types with no domestic circulation — the subjects, ranging from European institutions to wildlife to locomotives, were chosen purely for export appeal.
The specific organization referenced has roots in 19th-century German maritime education traditions, though why it landed on a North Korean collector coin remains one of those program oddities that no official documentation adequately explains.