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1 Won King Wang Geon
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Hangul |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wang Geon founded the Goryeo dynasty in 918 AD after unifying the Later Three Kingdoms, and it is from "Goryeo" that the Western name "Korea" derives. His appearance on a North Korean commemorative issue reflects Pyongyang's periodic effort to claim the full sweep of Korean history as its own national inheritance — a political project that intensified after the South began issuing its own heritage-themed coinage.
The 28-gram brass format places this squarely among the DPRK's export-oriented collector series, produced almost exclusively for foreign hard-currency sales rather than domestic circulation.