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10 Won Kwangmyongsong-3 Missile Launch
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 10 Won |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the state emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, depicting a hydroelectric power station beneath a five-pointed star radiating rays, flanked by sheaves of rice bound with a ribbon inscribed with the state name in Hangul. A circular legend in Hangul reading 'Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea' arcs around the upper periphery of the coin. The denomination '10 원' (10 Won) and the dual-calendar date '주체105(2016)년' (Juche 105, year 2016) are inscribed in the lower field below the emblem. |
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| Reverse script | Hangul |
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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 was launched in December 2012 aboard an Unha-3 rocket, placing North Korea's first confirmed satellite into orbit and triggering immediate UN Security Council condemnation under Resolution 2087. The commemorative coin followed years later, in 2016 — the same year Pyongyang conducted its fourth and fifth nuclear tests in rapid succession, suggesting the issue was part of a broader domestic propaganda push around aerospace and weapons achievements rather than a standalone numismatic program.
North Korean commemoratives of this type were produced in very small quantities and distributed almost exclusively through foreign dealers, generating hard currency rather than circulating domestically.