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1 Won Pitta brachyura
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistic depiction of the Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) perched on a branch, facing left with its beak open as if calling, rendered in fine relief against a plain field. A leafy sprig is visible to the right of the bird. The circular legend 'BIRDS OF KOREA' arcs along the upper periphery in Latin letters, while the scientific name 'PITTA BRACHYURA' curves along the lower periphery in an inverted orientation, reading from the base upward. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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North Korea's foreign-currency collectible program, active from the 1970s onward, was designed explicitly to extract hard currency from overseas collectors while keeping the domestic population entirely insulated from the pieces. This coin never circulated inside the DPRK. The Pitta brachyura — the Indian pitta — appears as part of a broader wildlife series targeting the international numismatic market, a revenue stream the regime treated as seriously as any export commodity.