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500 Won World Cup
| Issuer | North Korea |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Reverse description | Two male footballers are rendered in dynamic high relief at the center of the field, contesting possession of a football positioned near their feet at lower left; to their right, a large championship trophy cup with elegantly curved handles is displayed on a stepped base. The circular legend 'XV. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF FOOTBALL 1994' arcs around the upper periphery in Latin characters. The denomination '500WON' appears in bold relief in the lower central field. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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North Korea issued a wave of commemorative silver pieces through the early-to-mid 1990s almost entirely for the foreign collector market — hard currency the regime badly needed following the collapse of Soviet subsidies after 1991. This coin had no domestic circulation; it was sold through international numismatic distributors while ordinary North Koreans remained cut off from any convertible economy.
The 1994 World Cup was held jointly across nine U.S. cities — North Korea did not qualify, and had no diplomatic presence in the United States to speak of.