10 Won

North Korea's domestic coinage has historically been split into two parallel systems — hard currency coins for foreign visitors and soft currency pieces for internal circulation. This aluminium 10 Won falls into the latter category, produced at a time when the country was still rebuilding its monetary framework following the disastrous currency reforms of the early 2000s. The 2009 redenomination, which wiped out most savings by converting old won at 100:1, rendered coins like this one economically obsolete within two years of striking.