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10 Won RESIST U.S. AID, DEFEND THE COUNTRY
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Weight | 22 g |
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| Obverse description | The State Emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea occupies the central field, depicting a hydroelectric dam and power lines framed by sheaves of rice tied with a ribbon, surmounted by a five-pointed star radiating rays. The circular legend in Hangul script reads 조선민주주의인민공화국 (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) along the upper periphery, with 중앙은행 (Central Bank) at the right. The denomination 10 원 is inscribed in large characters at the base, with the Juche year 107 and Gregorian year 2018 below in smaller script. |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 2018 10원 중앙은행 (Translation: Central Bank of the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea, 10 Won) |
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North Korea's periodic "resist foreign aggression" coin issues are among the more explicit examples of a state mint being deployed as a propaganda instrument. This 2018 copper piece appeared as U.S.-DPRK nuclear tensions were reaching their peak, roughly bracketing the period between Kim Jong-un's hydrogen bomb test in September 2017 and the Singapore Summit of June 2018 — a geopolitical whiplash that makes dating these issues a useful, if crude, barometer of Pyongyang's messaging posture at any given moment.