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50 Won Socialist Visitor

Issuer Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Year 1988
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description The obverse carries a central vignette of the International Friendship Exhibition museum complex set against Mount Myohyang, rendered in a detailed intaglio-style print. The national coat of arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea appears alongside the architectural scene. Inscriptions identifying the issuing bank and the denomination frame the design, with the date 1988 printed below the central composition.
Obverse lettering 외화와바꾼돈표 1988 조선민주주의인민공화국무역은행 50 오십원
(Translation: Foreign currency exchange, Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fifty Won)
Reverse description The reverse is printed in red on a pale pink ground and centres on a large guilloche rosette enclosing the bold numeral '50' in white relief, surrounded by concentric engine-turned lathe-work bands. To the left, a circular vignette shows a globe with a stylised olive branch in blue, symbolising international friendship. The issuing bank name in Korean appears at upper left, the denomination numeral '50' is repeated in the upper-right and lower-right corners, the Korean script for 'fifty won' runs vertically at lower left, and the date 1988 is printed at the base of the central rosette.
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