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100 Won
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| In circulation to | 1992 |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio-style vignette presents a scenic view of Mangyongdae, the birthplace of Kim Il-sung, rendered in dark brown tones and framed by flowering azalea and magnolia branches on both lateral margins. The denomination numerals "100" appear in guilloche cartouches at lower left and upper right, with the Hangul value "백원" in an ornate panel at lower right, and a ribbon scroll bearing the site inscription centered below the main vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 혁명의요람만경대고향집 100 백원 (Translation: Democratic People's Republic of Korea The Central Bank, One Hundred Won Mangyongdae Hometown, Cradle of Revolution) |
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North Korea's 1978 currency series was issued during a period when the DPRK maintained a strict dual-currency system — ordinary citizens used one set of notes while foreign visitors and diplomats were funneled into a separate hard-currency exchange scheme. The P#22 100 Won sits in the domestic issue, effectively sealed off from any external monetary system.
The series was printed with security features well below the standard of contemporary socialist-bloc currencies, reflecting the closed nature of an economy where counterfeiting deterrence mattered less than ideological control over who could hold what denomination.