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2 Won Deng Xiaoping
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse description | Against a mirror-polished black field, the state emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is depicted in high relief at center, featuring the Paektu-san hydroelectric dam and power pylon framed by sheaves of rice, surmounted by a five-pointed star emitting radiating rays. The Hangul legend 조선민주주의인민공화국 (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) appears along the upper margin, with 중앙은행 (Central Bank) inscribed below it. The denomination 2 원 is displayed at the bottom of the field, flanked by decorative foliate sprays. The words 시작품 (prototype) in Hangul and 試作品 (trial piece) in Chinese characters appear in the left and right fields respectively, indicating this is a pattern or trial striking. |
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| Reverse lettering | 등소평탄생100돐기념 1904 2004 |
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North Korea issued a series of brass medals in the early 2000s honoring foreign statesmen, ostensibly as collector pieces for the hard-currency export market. Deng Xiaoping's inclusion is notable given that his market reforms were precisely the ideological path Pyongyang spent decades publicly rejecting. The piece reflects a quiet diplomatic pragmatism — China remained North Korea's essential economic lifeline, and honoring its paramount reformer cost nothing diplomatically while generating foreign exchange.