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100 Won Adelie Penguins

Issuer Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Year 1995
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Value 100 Won
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Reverse description The reverse displays a colorized design of two Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) standing together facing each other in the center field, rendered in naturalistic colors of black, white, and yellow against a stylized Antarctic landscape with ice formations in the background. The Latin binomial legend PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE arcs across the upper field. The denomination 100 WON appears within a rectangular cartouche in the lower left field. The overall composition is executed in polished proof finish with applied color enamel.
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Reverse lettering PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE 100 WON
(Translation: Adélie Penguins)
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