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50 Won Workers' Party of Korea; English text, black
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 50 Won (50 KPW) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of four allegorical figures — a soldier, a peasant woman holding wheat, a partisan bearing a torch, and a figure holding a book symbolising national progress. Commemorative English text in black marks the 55th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea foundation. |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 The 55th Anniversary of Foundation of the Workers' Party of Korea 10th. 10. Juche 89(2000) (Translation: Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) |
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North Korea's 2000 series was the first major redesign since the 1978 issue, produced in the lead-up to the fiftieth anniversary commemorations of the DPRK's founding. The English text appearing on this note — unusual for domestic North Korean currency — reflects a brief period of cautious engagement with foreign visitors and joint-venture operations, particularly the Kaesong Industrial Complex discussions that were then gaining traction under Kim Dae-jung's Sunshine Policy.
The Workers' Party of Korea series circulated alongside the older won until the disastrous 2009 redenomination, which wiped out household savings and triggered rare public protests. Notes from this series became worthless at a fixed exchange cap of 100,000 old won per family.