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10 Won SISCE 1997
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The National Coat of Arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea occupies the central field, depicting the Paektu mountain landscape with a red star above, framed by sheaves of rice bound with a ribbon. The denomination is not inscribed on this face; instead, the purity and weight legend '999 Ag 1oz' appears in the lower central field, flanked by decorative olive sprigs. The date '1997' is inscribed along the lower rim between the sprigs. The circular legend in Hangul script reads '조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행' (Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea), running along the upper and lateral periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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The DPRK's foreign currency collectibles program, active from the 1980s onward, existed almost entirely to generate hard currency from overseas buyers — the coins were never intended for domestic circulation and most North Korean citizens would never have encountered one. KM#101 falls squarely within this export-for-revenue scheme, produced for sale through foreign numismatic dealers, primarily in Europe and Asia, at a time when Pyongyang was navigating severe economic contraction following the collapse of Soviet aid.
The 1997 date places this issue at the height of a famine that killed an estimated 500,000 to 3.5 million people domestically, while the state continued minting silver commemoratives for foreign exchange.