1 Won Capitalist Visitor

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.