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200 Won Sprinter
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 200 Won |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea occupies the central field, depicting a hydroelectric dam and power transmission tower set against a mountain landscape, surmounted by a five-pointed star radiating rays, and flanked by sheaves of rice bound with a ribbon bearing the Hangul inscription of the state name. The Hangul legend 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 curves along the upper periphery, while the weight '15g' appears at lower left and the fineness '999' at lower right. Two olive branches frame the date 1992 in the lower exergue, and the denomination 200원 is inscribed vertically at the right border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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North Korea's early 1990s commemorative program was largely designed for hard currency export — these pieces were sold abroad through state trading companies to generate foreign exchange, not distributed domestically. The sprinter subject almost certainly references the country's investment in track athletics, which held genuine propaganda significance; North Korean runners had competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics under the DPRK flag for the first time since the 1988 boycott.