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20 Won Table Tennis
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a detailed rendering of the Daesongsan Fortress (대성산성), a historic multi-tiered Korean traditional pavilion structure set upon a stone platform, with sparse vegetation visible in the lower field. The circular legend around the periphery reads '조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행' in Hangul script. The denomination '20 WON' appears in Latin characters at the base of the design. |
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| Reverse description | The central field features two table tennis players engaged in dynamic match play across a regulation net and table, rendered in high relief. In the lower portion of the field, a panoramic vignette depicts the Temple of Heaven (Beijing) flanked by the Great Wall of China, evoking the 2008 Beijing Summer Games setting. The Korean inscription '대성산성' appears above the architectural vignette, alongside the date '2008'. The upper arc bears the Latin legend 'SUMMER GAMES 2008', with the Chinese characters '乒乓球' (table tennis) inscribed below in the upper central field. |
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| Reverse lettering | SUMMER GAMES 2008 乒乓球 대성산성 2008 |
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