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50 Chon
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 50 Chon (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | At center, the National Coat of Arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, depicting a hydroelectric power station before Mount Paektu, surmounted by a five-pointed star and flanked by sheaves of rice bound with a ribbon at the base. The country name legend in Hangul script arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination '50 전' (50 Chon) appears prominently in the lower field, flanked by small sprigs of foliage. |
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| Reverse script | Hangul |
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North Korea struck aluminum coinage for domestic circulation throughout the post-famine period, though the practical utility of these pieces remained questionable given the country's near-total shift toward informal markets and foreign currency during the 1990s collapse. By 2002, the official won-denominated coinage existed largely as a bureaucratic formality alongside an economy that had already reorganized itself around barter and Chinese yuan.