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1 Won Kim Il Sung
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Currency | Second Won (1959-2009) |
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| Reverse description | A facing bust portrait of Kim Il Sung, founder and first Supreme Leader of North Korea, depicted in military uniform adorned with epaulettes, a star decoration at the chest, and a peaked officer's cap. The effigy is rendered in high relief against a deeply recessed mirror field. The Hangul legend 위대한 수령 김일성대원수님 (Great Leader Marshal Kim Il Sung) curves along the upper periphery. The Juche year and Gregorian date 주체 93 (2004) are inscribed along the lower rim. |
| Reverse script | Hangul |
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Issued to mark the 92nd birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, this brass commemorative belongs to a wave of DPRK collector issues produced almost entirely for the hard-currency export market — pieces like this rarely if ever entered domestic circulation, where the North Korean won economy operated under strict state rationing rather than open exchange. The Central Bank produced them in limited quantities for sale through overseas dealers, primarily in China and Europe, as a foreign exchange mechanism.
KM#335 is one of several denominated pieces from the same 2004 release cycle, all sharing the 45mm brass format.