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10 Won Hwasong-14 Missile Launch

Issuer Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Year 2017
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Composition Copper
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Obverse description The State Emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea occupies the central field, featuring a hydroelectric power station beneath a five-pointed star, framed by sheaves of rice bound with a ribbon inscribed with the state name in Hangul. The circular legend reading '조선민주주의인민공화국' (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) runs along the upper periphery, while '중앙은행' (Central Bank) appears along the lower periphery. The denomination '10원' is positioned to the lower right of the emblem, with the date '2017' to the lower left.
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The Hwasong-14 was North Korea's first intercontinental ballistic missile test, conducted on July 4, 2017 — the date deliberately chosen to antagonize the United States. A second test followed later that month, with the regime claiming a range sufficient to reach the American mainland. Commemorative coins issued by Pyongyang's state bank function less as currency than as hard-currency export goods, sold abroad through government trading companies to generate foreign exchange the country cannot earn through conventional trade.

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