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100 Won
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette consists of a three-quarter facing portrait of Kim Il-sung (1912–1994) encircled by a decorative wreath of magnolia blossoms, set against a fine guilloche underprint. Laudatory inscriptions in Hangul appear above and below the portrait, with the denomination numeral and Hangul value legend positioned at lower left and lower right respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 혁명의 영재이시며민족의태양이시며 전설적 영웅이신 위대한수령 김일성동지 100 백원 (Translation: Democratic People's Republic of Korea The Central Bank, One Hundred Won The great leader, the gifted of the revolution, the sun of the nation, and the legendary hero, Comrade Kim Il-sung) |
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North Korea's 1978 currency series was issued during a period when the DPRK maintained a strict dual-currency system — ordinary citizens used one set of notes while foreign visitors and diplomats were funneled into a separate hard-currency exchange scheme. The P#22 100 Won sits in the domestic issue, effectively sealed off from any external monetary system.
The series was printed with security features well below the standard of contemporary socialist-bloc currencies, reflecting the closed nature of an economy where counterfeiting deterrence mattered less than ideological control over who could hold what denomination.