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1 Won Saxonia Locomotive
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Reverse description | A detailed relief depiction of the historic Saxon steam locomotive 'Saxonia', one of the first locomotives built in Germany (1838), is shown in three-quarter left-facing view on railway tracks, with its tender attached to the rear. A large lattice railway bridge structure spans the background, with telegraph poles and foliage visible in the field. The arcing legend 'THE HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS' curves along the upper periphery, the name 'SAXONIA' appears in the lower central field, and the date '2003' is inscribed in the bottom exergue. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS SAXONIA 2003 |
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North Korea's commemorative coinage program has, since the 1970s, operated almost entirely as a hard-currency export — pieces struck for foreign collectors and dealers rather than domestic circulation, where the won remained tightly controlled. This locomotive issue honors the Saxonia, built by Richard Hartmann's Chemnitz works in 1838, one of the earliest German steam locomotives and a landmark in continental railway development.
Hartmann's firm would go on to become one of Saxony's most significant industrial exporters. The Saxonia itself is preserved — or a reconstruction of it is — in the Dresden Transport Museum.