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7 Won Henry Hudson Halfmoon
| Issuer | North Korea |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | At centre, the State Arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, comprising a stylised hydroelectric dam and power pylons framed by sheaves of rice tied with a ribbon, beneath a five-pointed star. The arms are flanked by the inscriptions '20g' to the left and '999' to the right, denoting the coin's weight and fineness. A Korean-script legend arching above reads 'The People's Democratic Republic of Korea'. Below the arms, two stylised wave ornaments flank the denomination '7 Won' in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Korean (Hangul)/Latin |
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North Korea has issued commemorative silver in volume since the 1980s, almost entirely for export — these coins never circulated domestically and were sold through European dealers to foreign collectors. The Hudson piece belongs to a broader series marking explorers and navigators, produced under contract arrangements that kept Pyongyang's hard-currency earnings off the books of normal trade accounting.
Hudson's 1609 voyage aboard the Halve Maen was funded by the Dutch East India Company, which wanted a northeast passage to Asia. He found the river that bears his name instead.