Catalog
50 Chon
| Issuer | Central Bank of North Korea |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Value | 50 Chon (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | 北朝鮮中央銀行券 五拾 錢 1947 (Translation: Banknote of the Central Bank of North Korea Fifty Chon) |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark grey-black on an uncoloured ground, the reverse is composed entirely of intricate guilloche and scrollwork ornamental design without a pictorial vignette. Two large denomination counters bearing the numeral '50' in heavily outlined cartouches flank a central shield-shaped medallion inscribed with the Korean character '전' (chon), with acanthus-scroll flourishes filling the corners. The legend '민주조선' appears in bold script above the central medallion. |
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| Variants | P#7a - with watermark Western numeral at left and right on back P#7b - without watermark (modern reprint) Western numeral at left and right on back |
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