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10 Won Chollima Statue
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central design features the Taedong Gate (Taedongmun), a historic Korean city gate in Pyongyang, depicted in three-quarter perspective with its characteristic multi-tiered pagoda-style roofline resting atop a massive stone rampart base, surrounded by stylized foliage in the lower field. A circular legend in Korean Hangul script reading '조선민주주의인민공화국' (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) arcs around the upper portion of the coin. The denomination '10 원' (10 Won) appears in the lower exergue in a combination of Latin numerals and Korean script. |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts the celebrated Chollima Statue (천리마동상) of Pyongyang, erected in 1961, rendered in bold relief against a mirror-polished field. The monumental sculpture portrays a heroic male rider astride a rearing winged horse in full gallop, the rider holding a document aloft, the composition conveying dynamic forward momentum. To the upper left, the Korean inscription '천리마동상' (Chollima Statue) appears in two vertical columns. To the lower right, the location and founding date inscription '평양-1961' is accompanied by the coin's issue year '2014' beneath it. |
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North Korea's Chŏllima movement, launched in the late 1950s, was a state-directed mass mobilization campaign modeled loosely on the Soviet Stakhanovite system, demanding industrial output at mythological speed — the name drawn from a winged horse of Chinese legend said to cover a thousand li daily. The 10 Won denomination was reintroduced following the catastrophic 2009 currency redenomination, which wiped out private savings overnight by converting old won at 100:1 with strict exchange caps, effectively destroying household wealth accumulated outside state channels.