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1 Won Ryugyong Jeong Juyeong Sports Hall
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse script | Hangul |
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| Reverse description | A detailed architectural view of the Ryugyong Jeong Juyeong Sports Hall in Pyongyang dominates the central field, rendered in fine relief with its distinctive domed roof and surrounding landscape including trees and a river in the foreground with figures. Above the building, a circular emblem bearing a map of the Korean peninsula appears flanked by the inscriptions 아태 (Asia-Pacific) and 현대아산 (Hyundai Asan), with 우리민족끼리 (Among Our Own People) inscribed on the emblem's banner. The date 2003.10.6 appears in the lower central field, referencing the opening date of the venue. A Hangul commemorative legend 류경정주영체육관 개관 기념 (Commemorating the Opening of the Ryugyong Jeong Juyeong Sports Hall) arcs around the upper periphery, with the Juche year and Gregorian year 주체93 (2004) inscribed along the lower border. |
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The Ryugyong Jŏng Ju-yŏng Sports Hall in Pyongyang was built with funding from Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung, who donated cattle and later capital to North Korea as part of his inter-Korean reconciliation initiative in the late 1990s. The naming was a direct acknowledgment of that patronage — unusual for a state that rarely credits foreign or capitalist sources on public infrastructure.
The 2004 brass series from the DPRK central bank was produced primarily for collector export rather than domestic circulation, a reliable hard-currency earner for the regime.