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| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Weight | 31 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 999 31g 20원 주체107(2018)년 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea began issuing collector-oriented foreign currency coins in the late 1980s, primarily targeting overseas buyers through state trading companies — hard currency generation, not domestic circulation. By 2018, the program had run for roughly three decades, and this piece marks its tenth anniversary within a specific commemorative sub-series. North Korean silver issues of this type were distributed almost exclusively through intermediaries in China and specialist Western dealers, as direct export infrastructure remained constrained by sanctions.