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20 Won Liberation
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the national emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in high relief, depicting a hydroelectric power station beneath Mount Paektu, framed by sheaves of rice and a five-pointed star above radiating rays, with a ribbon at the base inscribed in Korean. The circular legend around the upper periphery reads '조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행' (Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) in Korean script. The fineness '999' and weight '50g' appear in the field to either side of the emblem, and the date '1995' is inscribed in the lower field, flanked by a decorative laurel wreath along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 50g 999 1995 |
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Issued the year North Korea's famine — known internally as the "Arduous March" — was beginning to kill hundreds of thousands, this coin was produced entirely for hard-currency export sales, never intended to circulate domestically. The DPRK's foreign trade bank used commemorative silver issues through the 1990s as one of its few reliable mechanisms for earning convertible foreign exchange, a practice that accelerated sharply as Soviet aid collapsed after 1991.