20 Won 10th Anni. of D.W. Coins

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.