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10 Won Birthplace of Pyochung
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 10 Won |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 2010 10원 (Translation: Democratic People`s Republic of Korea Central Bank 2010 10 Won) |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts the Birthplace of Pyochung (Kaesong region), featuring a stylized deer standing prominently in the left foreground atop a tortoise-shaped rock formation, with a traditional Korean pavilion structure rendered in fine detail in the right background. The upper field carries a Korean Hangul legend reading '개성 관광기념' (Kaesong Tourism Commemorative), and a vertical inscription appears to the left in the field. The composition is framed by a beaded border, and the overall design is executed in a combination of raised relief and engraved detail characteristic of North Korean commemorative coinage. |
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Pyochungsa is a Buddhist temple complex in South Hwanghae Province, built during the Goryeo dynasty and associated with the monk Uicheon, who helped systematize Korean Buddhism in the eleventh century. The DPRK has periodically issued commemorative brass pieces tied to historical cultural sites as hard-currency collector items — these were never intended for domestic circulation and were sold almost exclusively through foreign numismatic agencies and state-run trading companies.