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20 Won Year of the Monkey
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | Third Won (2009-date) |
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| Obverse script | Hangul |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts a monkey seated upright upon a rocky outcrop, rendered in fine relief, holding and reading an open book. The figure is portrayed in a naturalistic style with detailed fur texture. To the upper left of the field, a rectangular cartouche contains the Chinese seal-script character 申 (the cyclical character for Monkey in the Chinese zodiac). The date '2013' is inscribed along the lower periphery in the exergue. |
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North Korea has issued a steady stream of zodiac-themed collector pieces since the 1990s, primarily destined for the Chinese numismatic market rather than domestic circulation — hard currency acquisition, not commemorative sentiment, drives the program. These pieces rarely if ever enter the DPRK's own economy.