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1 Won Giant Panda
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | Type 1: 조선민주주의인민공화국 2001 1 원 Type 2: 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 1 원 2001 (Translation: Type 1: Democratic People`s Republic of Korea 2001 1 won Type 2: Central Bank of the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea 1 won 2001) |
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| Reverse lettering | 熊猫 GIANT PANDA (Translation: Panda) |
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North Korea issued a handful of aluminum wildlife pieces in the early 2000s ostensibly as collectibles for the international numismatic market — hard currency the regime needed badly under sanctions pressure following the collapse of Soviet aid in the 1990s. These were never intended for domestic circulation; the won had effectively ceased to function as a reliable medium of exchange for ordinary North Koreans long before this was struck.
The duplicate KM references suggest this type was catalogued separately by different researchers before attribution was consolidated — a common problem with DPRK issues, where export intermediaries in China and Eastern Europe muddied provenance records.