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10 Won Down Imperialism Union

Issuer Central Bank of North Korea
Year 1996
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Reference(s) KM#135
Obverse description The State Arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea occupies the central field, depicted as a raised relief emblem featuring Mount Paektu with radiating rays of light above, a hydroelectric dam and industrial structures below, framed by a wreath of ears of rice bound with a ribbon bearing the inscription of the state name in Hangul. The circular legend 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 (Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) runs along the upper periphery in Hangul. The fineness mark '999' and the weight '1oz' appear in the lower field flanking the arms, with the date '1996' and denomination '10 원' inscribed prominently at the bottom.
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Reverse description The central field depicts a large waving flag of the Korean Workers' Party inscribed with the hammer, sickle, and writing brush emblem, set against a dramatically radiant rising sun emerging from behind a mountainous landscape with forest in the background. A scroll in the lower central field bears the commemorative dates '1926-1996'. Flanking the lower field are two laurel branches. The circular legend in Hangul, reading 조선로동당의 위대한 수령 김일성동지의 당이다 (The Party is the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il-sung's Party of the Korean Workers' Party), runs along the upper periphery. The lower legend 다운이걸정70돐 (70th Anniversary) appears along the bottom rim.
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