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1000 Won Death of Kim Il Sung
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Obverse description | At center, the state emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea rendered in high relief, depicting a hydroelectric dam and pylon enclosed within a wreath of rice sheaves surmounted by a five-pointed star radiating beams of light, with a scroll inscribed in Hangul at the base of the emblem. Surrounding the central device, the Hangul legend reading 'Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea' arcs along the upper periphery. The fineness '999' appears to the lower left, the weight denomination '1/2 OZ' to the lower right, and the face value '1000원' (1000 Won) is inscribed along the lower rim in bold characters. The mirrored proof field contrasts sharply with the frosted devices. |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 999 1/2oz 1000원 |
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Issued in the immediate aftermath of Kim Il Sung's death on July 8, 1994, this piece was produced for the international collector market — North Korea had been minting gold and silver commemoratives for hard currency export since the 1970s, a practice that continues today under the Korea Münze und Medaillen agency and its successors. The domestic population had no access to such issues. Kim Il Sung died before the formal signing of the Agreed Framework with the United States, leaving a nuclear negotiation in mid-air and his son Kim Jong Il with an unresolved foreign policy crisis from the first weeks of succession.