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5.000 Won
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Size | 170 x 77 mm |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
| Protection description | the Korean state emblem visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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North Korea's 5,000 Won denomination sits at the upper end of the DPRK's domestic currency hierarchy, though the practical purchasing power of any won-denominated note has been complicated since the catastrophic 2009 redenomination — a government-ordered currency swap that wiped out household savings by capping the exchange of old notes at 100,000 won per family. The 2013 date places this note in the post-redenomination period, when the state was attempting to rebuild some semblance of monetary credibility after the 2009 debacle provoked rare public protests.
The security specification is modest for a high-denomination note — watermark and thread only, no color-shifting ink or microprinting — consistent with the printing capabilities available to the DPRK at this issue date.