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10 Won Belgian Franc
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 1 OZ 999 10 WON (Translation: Central Bank of Democratic People`s Republic of Korea) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued by the DPRK's central bank in 2002, this piece belongs to a wave of North Korean collector coins produced almost exclusively for hard currency export — the state earned foreign exchange by selling commemorative silver to dealers in Europe and Asia while the domestic population had no access to such issues. The "10 Won / Belgian Franc" dual denomination reflects the transitional moment before Belgium abandoned the franc for the euro, a changeover completed on 1 January 2002, meaning this coin memorialized a currency that had already ceased legal tender status by the time the dies were cut.