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1 Won Tomb of King Tongmyong
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 1 Won |
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| Obverse script | Korean (Hangul) |
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| Mintage | 2002 - Proof |
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The Tomb of King Tongmyong — founder of the Goguryeo kingdom — was reconstructed by the North Korean government in 1993 as part of a state-directed effort to claim ancient Korean heritage on Pyongyang's terms. The project was politically pointed: asserting that the cradle of Korean civilization lay in the North, not Seoul. An aluminum coin weighing 28.20 grams is an unusual choice for a commemorative of this ambition — the metal is cheap, the piece clearly not struck for circulation.