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10 Won Year of the Goat

Issuer Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Year 2003
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Diameter 40 mm
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Obverse description Central motif depicts the Taedong Gate (Tongil Gate), the historic east gate of Pyongyang, rendered in fine relief with its distinctive multi-tiered traditional Korean pavilion roof and stone rampart base, set against a dark field. The circular legend in Hangul script reads '조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행' (Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) along the upper periphery, with the denomination '10 WON' inscribed in Latin characters at the base. A small Hangul notation '련본' (specimen) appears in the right field of the gate structure.
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Reverse description Central design features a ram (goat) depicted in profile facing right, rendered in bold relief and surrounded by an ornate circular wreath of stylized floral and foliate branches. The inner circle is encircled by all twelve animals of the Chinese Lunar Zodiac arranged in sequence around the periphery of the field, each animal accompanied by its corresponding Heavenly Stem character in Hangul. The date '2003' is inscribed in the lower portion of the central field beneath the ram motif.
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