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| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse lettering | FINAL ISSUE OF THE MONACO FRANC ★ 2002 ★ |
| Edge | Plain |
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This pairing of denominations makes no coherent sense in isolation. The "Won Monégasque Franc" nomenclature combines North Korean currency with a reference to Monaco's pre-euro franc, which ceased to exist as legal tender on 17 February 2002 — the same year this piece was struck. North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank and later the Central Bank issued a substantial volume of commemorative silver pieces throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, largely targeting the collector export market rather than domestic circulation, with hard currency generation the operative goal.