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200 Won
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 200 Won |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large intaglio numeral '200' at centre, surrounded by intricate multicolour guilloche rosette and lathe-work patterns in shades of violet and pink. A traditional Korean decorative emblem appears at the left, with the denomination in Korean script (이백원) along the lower left border and a further numeral '200' at lower right, all set against a finely engine-turned underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 200 이백원 (Translation: Central Bank of Democratic People`s Republic of Korea, Two Hundred Won) |
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North Korea has issued 200 Won notes under several different series, and the 2008 date places this one firmly within the period preceding the catastrophic currency redenomination of November 2009, when the government exchanged old won for new at 100:1 with strict caps on the total amount households could convert. Notes from this vintage were rendered legally worthless almost overnight, with citizens given just days to exchange holdings — a deliberate mechanism to destroy accumulated private savings and reassert state control over informal markets that had grown significantly during the famine years.
Watermark-only security on a note of this denomination reflects the limited printing infrastructure available to the Central Bank during this period.