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20 Won Arirang Dancers
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Third Won (2009-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선인민민주공화국중앙은행 20 원 (Translation: Central Bank of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, 20 Won) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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North Korea has issued collector coinage through foreign minting intermediaries since the 1970s, largely as a hard-currency generation scheme targeting overseas collectors rather than domestic circulation. These pieces never entered use inside the DPRK, where the won operated under a dual-currency system that kept foreign-denominated goods entirely out of reach for ordinary citizens.
The Arirang Festival, inaugurated in 2002, was the state event these coins nominally commemorate — a mass gymnastics and performance spectacle held in Pyongyang's Rungrado May Day Stadium, drawing on choreographed participation from tens of thousands.