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5 Won Green stamp; Non-convertible (Socialist) currencies
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Exchange certificates |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 5 오원 (Translation: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, The Central Bank, Five Won) |
| Reverse description | Central landscape vignette of the Taebaek Mountains with cascading waterfalls and Mt. Kumgang at centre. A green official seal is applied over the design. Denomination and issuing authority inscriptions are printed in Korean. |
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North Korea has long maintained a tiered currency system designed to restrict economic activity by class and origin. The green stamp series, issued in 1983, was specifically designated for use by socialist-bloc visitors and workers — citizens of the USSR, China, Cuba, and other allied states — who were prohibited from using the red-stamp convertible won series reserved for capitalist-country visitors. The distinction wasn't symbolic; it controlled exactly where you could spend, and what you could buy.
Pick 19 is scarce relative to the red-stamp equivalents, largely because the socialist-visitor pool was smaller and notes were often repatriated or surrendered at departure.