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500 Won 41st World Table Tennis Championships
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 500 Won |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 31g 999 1991 (Translation: Central Bank of the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea) |
| Reverse description | Three conjoined busts of female athletes, depicted in high relief against a mirror-proof field, occupy the upper portion of the reverse, commemorating the Korea Unified Team's participation in the 41st World Table Tennis Championship. A championship trophy cup is depicted centrally below the busts. The denomination '500 WON' is inscribed to the lower left of the trophy and the legend 'KOREA UNIFIED TEAM' to the lower right. The curved peripheral legend 'XLI. WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP' runs along the left and right rims respectively. |
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The 41st World Table Tennis Championships were held in Chiba, Japan in 1991 — a politically charged event at which North and South Korea fielded a unified team for the first time, competing together under a single "Korea" banner. The joint women's team defeated China, ending a string of Chinese dominance in the event that had stretched across most of the previous decade.
North Korean commemorative silver issues from this period were produced almost exclusively for hard-currency export, rarely if ever circulating domestically.