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10 Chon
| Issuer | Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Size | 105 x 55 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche composition in blue and green, with a large central cartouche enclosing the numeral '10' and the Korean character '전' in bold blue intaglio-style print. Repeating micro-text bands reading '10전' border the upper and right edges, and a stylised numeral '10' with a decorative flourish appears at lower right against the intricate lathe-work background. |
| Reverse lettering | 10전 10 |
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The Trade Bank of Korea (the DPRK's foreign exchange institution) issued this note for use exclusively by foreign visitors — not North Korean citizens, who were barred from holding foreign-exchange certificates. The 1988 series was color-coded by intended user: different tints distinguished capitalist-country visitors from socialist-bloc ones, a partition that reflected Pyongyang's carefully managed exposure to outside currency and commerce.
Survivorship is high relative to circulation, since tourists tended to keep them as souvenirs rather than spend them down.