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20 Won Rabbit
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts the Taedong Gate (Taedongmun), a historic Korean pavilion gate rendered in fine relief atop a stone platform surrounded by vegetation, set within a recessed circular inner field. The Korean legend 조선민주주의인민공화국 (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) curves along the upper portion of the inner circle, while the denomination 20 WON appears in Latin script along the lower rim of the inner field. The coin's broad outer border is embellished with an ornate scrolling foliate and cloud-scroll decorative band in the traditional Korean style. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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North Korea has issued commemorative coinage for export since the 1970s, primarily targeting the Western collector market through intermediaries — the domestic population has no access to hard currency pieces of this kind. The 2010 rabbit series was produced ahead of 2011, the Year of the Rabbit in the sexagenary cycle, a pattern the DPRK mint followed reliably for zodiac issues throughout the 2000s.
At 8.5 grams in aluminium, the physical coin is strikingly light for its diameter — a deliberate choice that keeps production costs negligible on pieces that will never circulate.