2 Won World Exhibition in Japan EXPO 2005

EXPO 2005, held in Aichi Prefecture under the theme "Nature's Wisdom," was the last world exposition hosted by Japan. North Korea's participation — or at least its commemorative acknowledgment of the event two years before it opened — reflects the DPRK's periodic use of international exposition coinage as a hard-currency export product rather than any meaningful diplomatic engagement. These issues were minted for foreign collector markets, never intended to circulate domestically.