10 Won National Pine Tree

North Korea has issued commemorative coinage sporadically since the 1970s, largely targeting foreign collectors through state-controlled export channels rather than domestic circulation — hard currency being far more valuable to Pyongyang than any numismatic purpose. This piece falls squarely into that category. Struck in copper at a weight suggesting deliberate bullion-adjacent presentation, it was almost certainly never intended to pass through a Korean hand in trade.