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North Korea · 1978

Front of the 50 won note from North Korea
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Back of the 50 won note from North Korea
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A 50 won note from the Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, dated 1978. The front shows a soldier, a woman farmer, an intellectual and a worker raising a torch and a book beneath the word 'Juche', the state's ideology of self-reliance, with the national emblem at the left. The back shows a lake bordered by pine forest, with snow-covered mountains in the distance.

Ref
1250
Country
North Korea
Issuer
North Korea
Denomination
50 won
Catalogue number
Pick 21
Date
1978 (printed on the note)
Estimated value
£1.27 to £2.89 · price guide: Numista
Grade
VF (estimated from photos)
Copies in the collection
1
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