Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
700 Won Yeon Gaesomun
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
|---|---|
| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 31 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field bears the national arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, depicting Mount Paektu with a hydroelectric dam, a radiating star above, and rice sheaves flanking the central device, bound at the base by a ribbon inscribed with the state name in Hangul. The Hangul legend 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 (Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) curves along the upper periphery. The weight specification '31g' appears at lower left and the fineness '999' at lower right, with the denomination '700 원' centered at the bottom, flanked by decorative laurel sprays. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Facing bust of Yeon Gaesomun, the celebrated 7th-century Goguryeo military commander, depicted in finely detailed relief wearing a traditional Korean general's helmet adorned with a plume and twin finials, and lamellar armor with an ornate collar. The legend 고구려의 애국명장 (Patriotic General of Goguryeo) curves along the upper periphery in Hangul. To the lower left appears 7세기중엽 (mid-7th century) and to the lower right 연개소문 (Yeon Gaesomun), with the Juche date and Gregorian year 주체 92(2003) inscribed along the lower border. |
| Reverse script | Hangul |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |