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1 Won
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Value | 1 Won (1 KPW) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1978 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 세상에부럼없어라 1 일원 (Translation: Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Don't be envious in the world, One Won) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette presents male and female soldiers alongside a scene from the revolutionary opera Sea of Blood, which premiered on 17 July 1971 at the Pyongyang Grand Theatre, with Yang Hae Ryong as the lead character. The Korean bank title and denomination are inscribed across the note. The composition reflects the Socialist Realist artistic style characteristic of North Korean currency of this period. |
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North Korea's 1978 note series introduced a two-tier currency system that would define the country's monetary policy for decades — separate notes were printed for domestic use and for foreign visitors, with the latter carrying special symbols to restrict where they could be spent. The P#18A belongs to the domestic series, circulating among ordinary citizens rather than the hard-currency shops reserved for foreigners and regime-connected elites.
The series was printed in Leipzig by the East German state printing house, a common arrangement among socialist bloc countries during this period.