North Korea's foreign-currency commemorative program has operated largely through Pobjoy Mint and a handful of European intermediaries since the 1970s, producing coins almost entirely for export sale — pieces that never circulate domestically and are effectively hard-currency revenue instruments for the regime. The 2006 series sits squarely in that tradition.
North Korea's foreign-currency commemorative program has operated largely through Pobjoy Mint and a handful of European intermediaries since the 1970s, producing coins almost entirely for export sale — pieces that never circulate domestically and are effectively hard-currency revenue instruments for the regime. The 2006 series sits squarely in that tradition.