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10 Won
| Issuer | North Korea |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Second Won (1959-2009) |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a detailed rendering of the Taedong Gate (Taedongmun), the historic eastern gate of Pyongyang, depicted in a three-quarter perspective view with its characteristic multi-tiered traditional Korean pavilion roof set upon a stone fortification base, surrounded by stylized foliage in the lower field. The circular legend in Korean (Hangul) script reads along the upper periphery, identifying the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The denomination '10 WON' is inscribed in the lower exergue in Latin characters. |
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| Obverse script | Korean/Latin |
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North Korea's aluminum coinage from this period was produced almost entirely for domestic circulation under the country's tightly controlled won system, which had been severely strained by the economic collapse of the 1990s. The famine years of 1994–1998 had effectively destroyed the informal economy's confidence in state-issued currency, meaning coins like this one often saw negligible practical use despite official issue.