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20 Won Kim Jong Suk
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Weight | 42.216 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 42.216g Ag999 20원 |
| Reverse description | A frosted front-facing portrait bust of Kim Jong Suk is centrally rendered against a deeply mirrored proof field, depicting her in military uniform with a peaked cap adorned with a five-pointed star. The circular Hangul legend 혁명의 녀성영웅 김정숙 여사 (Revolutionary Heroine Kim Jong Suk) arcs along the upper periphery. The Juche year and Gregorian date 주체 93 (2004) are inscribed along the lower exergue, identifying the year of issue. |
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Kim Jong Suk — guerrilla fighter, wife of Kim Il-sung, and mother of Kim Jong-il — died in 1949 and was subsequently elevated into the DPRK's official revolutionary pantheon. North Korean commemorative silver issues of this period were produced almost exclusively for the hard-currency export market, sold through dealers in Macau and European numismatic houses. Virtually none entered domestic circulation; most North Koreans would never have handled foreign-denominated silver coinage of any kind.
KM#957 belongs to a sprawling series of themed commemoratives the Central Bank issued through the early 2000s, many sharing the same 45mm planchet specification across entirely unrelated subjects.