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5 Won STS Sedov
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Weight | 20 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Korean (Hangul) |
| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 20g 999 5 WON (Translation: Central Bank of Democratic People's Republic of Korea) |
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The Sedov is a four-masted barque built in Kiel in 1921, originally named Magdalene Vinnen II for a German shipping family. Seized by the Soviet Union as war reparations in 1945, she was renamed after the Arctic explorer Georgy Sedov and converted to a training vessel. She still sails — one of the largest traditional sailing ships still in active use.
North Korea issued numerous foreign-themed sailing ship coins throughout the 2000s, largely for the export collector market rather than domestic circulation. KM#1085 belongs to a broader series targeting European distributors.