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100 Won
| Issuer | Central Bank of North Korea |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a peasant holding a hoe and a worker carrying a sledgehammer, set against a background of factory chimneys symbolising industrial progress and the nation's future. The composition is framed by guilloche ornamental borders with denomination numerals at the corners. Inscriptions in Chinese characters and Hangul appear above and below the central group. |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette with an engraved landscape view of Mount Paektu (Baekdu Mountain), its snow-capped volcanic peak rising above rolling foothills and sparse trees, rendered in red intaglio. Elaborate acanthus-scroll and guilloche surrounds flank the vignette, with denomination counters reading 백원 and 百圓 at left and right respectively, and the date 1947 set in an ornamental cartouche at the bottom centre. The inscription 선조주민 appears in a curved banner across the top of the note. |
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| Variants | P#11a - with watermark P#11b - without watermark (modern reprint) |
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