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20 Won Canoeing
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 20 Won (20 KPW) |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a detailed depiction of the Taesongsan Fortress (대성산성), a historic multi-tiered Korean traditional pavilion set upon a stone fortification wall, with sparse vegetation rendered in the lower field. The issuer legend in Korean script (조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행) arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '20 WON' appears in Latin characters at the lower rim. The architectural rendering is finely detailed, conveying the traditional bracketed eave construction characteristic of Korean palatial architecture. |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 20 WON |
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North Korea's foreign-currency shop coins — issued ostensibly for use in the state-run "Hwanggeum" hard-currency stores accessible only to foreigners and privileged nationals — were produced in multiple metal variants to distinguish spending tiers. The brass version of this type was aimed at the lower-value circulation tier within that system, a monetary apparatus designed as much for foreign exchange extraction as retail trade.