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10 Won
| Issuer | Central Bank of North Korea |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 北朝鮮中央銀行券 원십 (Translation: Banknote of the Central Bank of North Korea, Ten Won) |
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| Reverse lettering | 선조주민 십 원 拾 圓 1947 (Translation: Democratic Chosun, Ten Won, 1947) |
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North Korea's first banknote series, issued in 1947, predates the formal proclamation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by more than a year. The Central Bank had been established under Soviet occupation in late 1946, and this series was printed in the USSR — a fact not acknowledged in official North Korean accounts, which have consistently framed the notes as a product of domestic sovereignty.
The P#10A designation distinguishes this from the P#10B variant, which differs in paper stock or serial characteristics — collectors should verify watermark presence carefully, as the two are frequently conflated in older auction descriptions.