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50 Won 80th Birthday of Kim Il Sung
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 50 Won |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is depicted centrally against a mirror-polished field, showing a hydroelectric dam and mountain landscape surmounted by a five-pointed star with radiating rays, flanked by sheaves of rice bound with a ribbon inscribed in Hangul. A circular Hangul legend naming the Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea runs along the upper periphery. The denomination '50 WON', the date '1992', and the fineness '999' appear prominently in the lower portion of the field, with the weight '17g' noted to the lower right. |
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| Obverse script | Hangul/Latin |
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Struck to mark Kim Il Sung's 80th birthday on April 15, 1992 — a date the DPRK designates "Day of the Sun" and treats as the most significant holiday in the national calendar. The issue was produced for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation; hard currency from foreign coin sales served as a rare and deliberate revenue stream for Pyongyang throughout the 1990s.