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20 Won Year of the Tiger
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a detailed relief depiction of the Pohyon Buddhist temple complex, rendered in a traditional East Asian architectural style with characteristic multi-tiered, upswept tiled roofs set against rocky terrain and foliage. The Korean legend 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행, denoting the Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, runs along the upper periphery in a circular arrangement. The denomination 20 원 (20 Won) appears in the lower field beneath the central architectural motif. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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North Korea has issued commemorative coinage sporadically since the 1970s, largely for foreign collectors and hard-currency export rather than domestic circulation — the won itself has been largely non-functional as a consumer currency inside the DPRK. This piece appeared the same year Kim Jong-il's government conducted its second nuclear test, in May 2009, and redenominated the currency in November of that year, a shock reform that wiped out private savings and triggered rare public protests.
The redenomination rendered most 2009-dated won coinage immediately obsolete domestically before it could circulate.