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10 Chon Capitalist visitor
| Issuer | North Korea |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Weight | 0.95 g |
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| Obverse script | Hangul |
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| Reverse description | Large numeral '10' dominates the central field, with the Hangul denomination 전 (Chon) inscribed directly below. A five-pointed star appears to the left and right of the numeral, flanking it symmetrically at mid-height. The entire design is enclosed within a decorative border of interlocking Greek-key meander pattern, creating a distinct inner frame around the periphery of the reverse. |
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North Korea issued a parallel coinage system in 1959 specifically for foreign visitors — a hard-currency segregation scheme designed to prevent capitalist money from entering domestic circulation while still extracting it from tourists and trade delegations. The "capitalist visitor" designation is not a collector's nickname; it appears in the official classification, distinguishing these pieces from the companion series issued for socialist-bloc visitors and for domestic use. Three distinct populations, three coin sets, same denominations.
KM#7 is the rarest of the three 10 Chon types from this issue year.