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20 Won Kim Jong Il and Putin meeting
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | At center, the national emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea rendered in high relief, depicting a hydroelectric power station and an electricity pylon framed by sheaves of rice, surmounted by a five-pointed star emitting rays, with a scroll bearing the state name in Hangul at the base. The circular legend in Hangul reading '조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행' (Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) runs along the upper periphery. The denomination '20원' and the date '2004' appear in the lower field, flanked by the fineness '999' to the right and the weight '31g' to the left. |
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| Reverse description | Full-length effigies of Kim Jong-Il and Vladimir Putin facing each other and clasping hands at center field, both figures rendered in frosted relief against a mirror-polished background. The arc legend 'KIM JONG IL AND PUTIN MEET' in Latin characters runs along the upper left periphery, accompanied by the Hangul inscription '조로친선' (Korea-Russia Friendship) along the upper right. The commemorative date '2002.8.23' appears in the lower exergue, recording the historic summit meeting of 23 August 2002. |
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Issued to commemorate the July 2000 summit between Kim Jong Il and Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang — Putin's first visit to North Korea as president — this piece belongs to a small category of DPRK commemoratives produced almost entirely for foreign hard-currency collectors, not domestic circulation. North Korea has long used its numismatic program as a modest but deliberate source of convertible currency, with issues contracted through intermediaries in Austria and other European countries.