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1000 Won Kim Il Sung's Birthday
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a detailed intaglio view of the Mangyongdae birthplace complex of Kim Il-sung, rendered with traditional Korean thatched-roof structures set within a landscaped garden of mature trees and shrubs. Guilloche border patterns frame the composition on both sides, with the denomination figures '1000' and '천원' placed in the upper-left and lower-right corners respectively. The issuer's name in Hangul script runs along the upper margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 1000 천원 (Translation: The Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, One Thousand Won) |
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The 1000 Won note issued in 2007 commemorates the 95th anniversary of Kim Il-sung's birth — April 15, 1912, a date enshrined in North Korean ideology as "Day of the Sun." Commemorative issues of this kind are not released into general circulation but distributed through controlled channels as political gifts and prestige items, which means surviving examples typically show little to no wear.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field almost certainly refers to borrowed or recycled plate data rather than actual press date — 1945 predates the Central Bank of the DPRK's establishment in 1947.