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5 Won Football World Cup
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 5 Won (5 KPW) |
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| Obverse script | Korean (Hangul)/Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two football players in dynamic action are depicted in the left portion of the field, one challenging the other for possession of a football at their feet, both rendered in detailed relief with athletic uniforms. To the right, a large football and a goalkeeper with outstretched arms are shown, the net of the goal visible behind him. The inscription 'SWEDEN 1958' curves along the upper border, commemorating the FIFA World Cup held in Sweden, while the year '2002' appears in small characters at the left of the field. The legend 'WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF FOOTBALL' arcs along the lower border. |
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North Korea issued a small run of commemorative silver pieces for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan — a geopolitical arrangement that would have been unthinkable a decade earlier. That the DPRK produced currency celebrating an event held partly in Seoul, a city its government officially considers occupied territory, is one of the more quietly absurd ironies in modern numismatics.