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1 Won Capitalist Visitor
| Issuer | Foreign Trade Bank of North Korea (무역은행) |
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| Year | 1988-2003 |
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| In circulation to | 1992 |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette comprises the winged equestrian statue of Chŏllima set against a guilloche underprint, flanked by the National Coat of Arms and a stylized nuclear power symbol. Issuer name and denomination inscriptions appear in Hangul script at upper left and lower areas of the note. The date 1988 is printed in the lower inscription panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 무역은행 외화와바꾼돈표 1 원 일원 1988 (Translation: Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Foreign currency exchange, One Won) |
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North Korea maintained parallel currency systems for foreign visitors, with separate note series distinguishing socialist-bloc travelers from those arriving from capitalist countries. This note belongs to the latter category — a distinction that carried real practical weight, as it determined which shops and facilities the holder could access. The "capitalist visitor" series was tied to the hard-currency certificate system introduced to extract foreign exchange without granting outsiders access to the domestic won economy.
The Foreign Trade Bank issued these through designated exchange points at entry, and conversion back to hard currency on departure was deliberately restricted.