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10 Won Asia Money Fair
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 10 Won (10 KPW) |
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| Obverse script | Korean (Hangul) |
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| Reverse description | Two intertwined serpents are depicted rising symmetrically from the base, their bodies crossing at center around a rectangular cartouche bearing the monogram 'AMF' in bold relief. The year '2001' is inscribed vertically between the serpents below the cartouche. The legend 'ASIA MONEY FAIR' curves along the upper periphery in Latin characters, while the denomination '10 WON' is inscribed in large letters across the lower field. |
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North Korea's commemorative coinage program has long functioned as a hard currency revenue stream, with pieces like this issued explicitly for sale to foreign collectors — never intended to circulate domestically. The Asia Money Fair series targeted the numismatic trade show circuit, where DPRK-authorized dealers offered these to Western and Asian buyers in exchange for the foreign exchange Pyongyang could not otherwise obtain under sanctions.
KM#152 is one of several overlapping issues from this period that share specifications but differ in reverse subject, complicating clean attribution in older catalogs.