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5000 Won
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Reference(s) | P#67 |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette presents the International Friendship Exhibition museum complex at Myohyang-san, a multi-pavilion traditional Korean architectural ensemble set against a radiating guilloche background. The issuing authority inscription in Korean appears in the upper right, with denomination numerals in large intaglio figures at lower right and the Korean value text 오천원 at lower left. The caption 국제친선전람관 is printed below the central vignette. |
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| Protection type | Security thread, Watermark |
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| Comments |
North Korea issued relatively few high-denomination notes before the catastrophic 2009 currency reform, which wiped out personal savings by capping exchanges at 100,000 won per household — effectively destroying wealth accumulated outside state channels. The 5000 Won denomination emerged in the post-reform period as the regime rebuilt its currency architecture, partly to accommodate the inflation the redenomination itself failed to suppress.
Security features on DPRK notes of this period are modest by international standards, reflecting limited access to specialist printing technology under sanctions. Whether this note circulated domestically or was produced primarily for collector export channels — a known revenue stream for Pyongyang — is difficult to establish with certainty.