Catalog
10 Chon General issue
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Thickness | 1.4 mm |
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| Obverse script | Hangul |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the large numeral '10' prominently displayed in the upper centre of the field, with the Hangul denomination inscription 전 (Chon) positioned immediately below. The entire central design is encircled by a continuous decorative border of interlocking geometric key-fret meander pattern, rendered in low relief, which runs the full circumference of the coin just within the raised rim. |
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North Korea's 1959 aluminum coinage was part of the first domestic issue produced after the Korean War armistice, as Kim Il-sung's government worked to establish an independent monetary infrastructure distinct from the Soviet and Chinese-backed systems that had sustained the wartime economy. The Central Bank had been formally established in 1946, but coherent small-denomination coinage took over a decade to materialize in aluminum.
KM#3 is the general circulation issue, distinguished in the catalog from the hard-currency tourist issues introduced later for foreign exchange shops.