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20 Won Strix Aluco
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea occupies the central field, depicting the Paektu-shan hydroelectric station beneath a five-pointed star with radiating rays, flanked by sheaves of rice bound with a ribbon. The issuing authority legend in Hangul script encircles the design along the upper rim. The fineness '999' appears in the lower left field and the weight '31g' in the lower right field, while the denomination '20원' is inscribed below the coat of arms. The Juche year and Gregorian date '주체104(2015)년' are inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 999 31g 20원 주체104(2015)년 (Translation: Central Bank of Democratic People's Republic of Korea 20 Won Juche year 104 (2015)) |
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North Korea has issued commemorative silver coinage for international collector markets since the 1980s — a reliable hard-currency earner for a state with few export options. The Strix aluco, the tawny owl, is native across Eurasia but holds no particular national symbolism for the DPRK; its selection here reflects the global wildlife series format that Korean Foreign Trade Bank-affiliated brokers have long used to move product through European distributors, primarily in Germany and Austria.
KM#1312 sees negligible circulation within North Korea itself.