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2 Won Fauna of Asia
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 2 Won (2 KPW) |
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| Reverse description | The fully colored reverse features a naturalistic scene of three giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) amid lush green bamboo foliage, rendered in applied polychrome enamel with characteristic black-and-white coloration. A mountainous landscape in soft lavender tones occupies the background. The legend 'FAUNA OF ASIA' is inscribed in Latin characters along the upper rim, followed by the Chinese characters 熊貓 (panda) to the right. The date '2010' appears in the lower exergue on a plain silver field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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North Korea has issued commemorative silver in small but steady volumes since the 1970s, largely for foreign hard-currency collectors rather than domestic circulation — won-denominated pieces like this never passed through North Korean hands in any practical sense. The "Fauna of Asia" series sits among dozens of similar wildlife programs issued through the same period, many handled through Singaporean and German distribution intermediaries who coordinated sales to Western collectors entirely outside the DPRK's closed economy.