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1 Won Satellite
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The central device displays the State Emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in high relief, featuring the Paektu-san mountain beneath a radiant five-pointed star, framed by sheaves of rice and a hydroelectric dam, with a scroll bearing Hangul text at the base. The legend 조선민주주의인민공화국 curves along the upper periphery in Hangul script against a polished field. The date 2001 and denomination 1 원 are inscribed in the lower field, flanked by stylized laurel sprays. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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North Korea issued a series of commemorative brass pieces around the turn of the millennium tied directly to the country's Kwangmyŏngsŏng satellite program, which Pyongyang claimed had successfully launched an orbital satellite in August 1998 — a claim disputed by outside observers who tracked no object reaching stable orbit from that launch. Whether the payload achieved orbit or impacted the Pacific remains contested to this day.