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10 Won Kim Il Sung's Birthday
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | A factory worker vignette occupies the central field, with the Chŏllima winged equestrian statue in the background to the right. The National Coat of Arms of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea appears at upper left. The design commemorates the 95th birthday of Kim Il-sung, with the denomination numeral '10' printed at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The West Sea Barrage, a 7-kilometre tidal barrage closing the Taedong River from the Yellow Sea, extends across the central field in a panoramic vignette. Pi Island with its lighthouse is visible to the right. The denomination appears in Korean script and Arabic numerals within the border lettering. |
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Pick 51 was issued to commemorate Kim Il Sung's 95th birthday — a practice the DPRK has maintained across multiple denominations, releasing commemorative notes tied to political anniversaries rather than monetary need. The Central Bank has issued several distinct series under this logic, making the commemorative function more important than any transactional one.
The printed date of 30 April 1945 is not a printing date — it references a specific historical event the regime wished to mark, almost certainly the entry of Korean partisan units or a related wartime anniversary in the official mythology surrounding Kim Il Sung's anti-Japanese resistance. Treat that date as ideological content, not production data.