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10 Won Shrine in Sungyang Sowon
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Third Won (2009-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a detailed depiction of the main shrine building of Sungyang Sowon (숭양서원), a traditional Korean Confucian academy located in Kaesong, shown in three-quarter perspective with its characteristic tiled roof, stone-stepped foundation, and surrounding trees rendered in fine relief. The Korean inscription 숭양서원 사당 (Shrine of Sungyang Sowon) appears along the upper periphery, while 개성관광기념 (Commemorating Tourism in Kaesong) is inscribed along the lower periphery. The architectural detail is precisely engraved, conveying the historical and cultural significance of the site against a polished dark field. |
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| Edge | Segmented reeding (6x2 segments) |
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North Korea's commemorative brass issues from this period were produced primarily for foreign collectors and the hard-currency export market, not domestic circulation — the won was not freely convertible and ordinary citizens had no access to such pieces. KM#1270 belongs to a wave of topographic and cultural commemoratives issued around 2010 as the regime sought foreign exchange through numismatic exports, a practice accelerating sharply after the disastrous currency redenomination of November 2009, which wiped out private savings and further destabilized the domestic economy.
Sungyang Sŏwŏn is a Koryŏ-period Confucian academy in Kaesong, historically associated with the scholar Chŏng Mongju, assassinated in 1392.