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20 Won Year of the Rat
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 20 Won |
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| Obverse description | Central view of the Taedong Gate (East Gate) in Pyongyang, depicted in a detailed architectural rendering showing the traditional Korean multi-tiered pavilion structure atop a stone gate base, surrounded by decorative foliage at the lower portion of the field. The Hangul legend reading the full name of the Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '20 원' appears in the lower exergue area beneath the gate. |
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| Reverse lettering | 子 2013 (Translation: Rat, 2013) |
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North Korea's zodiac commemorative program has produced dozens of copper issues ostensibly aimed at foreign collectors, since hard currency from numismatic exports constitutes a meaningful revenue stream for a state largely cut off from international finance. Few of these pieces ever circulated domestically.