Catalog
1 Won Kim Il Sung's Birthday
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of actress Hong Yong-hee in her film role as The Flower Girl, portrayed in three-quarter view holding a basket of flowers, set against a guilloche underprint in olive-brown tones. The national emblem of the DPRK appears to the left, with the denomination numeral '1' printed in red at both upper-left and lower-left. Commemorative inscriptions in Korean script appear across the upper portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 위대한 수령 김일성동지 탄생 95돐 일원 (Translation: Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Great Leader Comrade Kim Il-sung's 95th Birthday, One Won) |
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Pick 49 was issued to mark Kim Il Sung's 80th birthday on 15 April 1992 — a commemorative release rather than a standard circulation note, though the distinction in North Korean monetary practice is often blurry. The DPRK regularly used currency as a vehicle for political ceremony, and notes from this period were frequently distributed as gifts rather than spent.
The 1945 print date in the catalog data almost certainly refers to a source plate or reference record, not the actual manufacture of this note.