20 Won Woman floating above stadium

North Korea issued a series of brass tourist coins around 2002 aimed squarely at foreign visitors and collectors rather than domestic circulation — hard currency generation, not monetary function. The Won was not convertible, and ordinary citizens used a parallel system entirely separate from these pieces.

KM#393a is the brass variant, distinguished from an aluminum version of the same type. The distinction matters for registry purposes; the two are frequently conflated in dealer stock.