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20 Chon
| Issuer | Central Bank of North Korea |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Value | 20 Chon (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | The face is printed in olive-green and ochre on an unadorned paper ground, with the entire design composed of typographic and ornamental elements rather than a pictorial vignette. A scalloped guilloche border frames the note, with arabesque scroll motifs at each corner and large numeral '10' counters set vertically on the left and right margins. The central panel, rendered in a pale ochre underprint, carries the bank title in Chinese characters across the upper register and the denomination in bold Chinese script at centre, with the date '1947' set in a cartouche at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in olive-green and ochre, its composition entirely typographic and ornamental. Two large numeral '20' counters in outlined block figures flank a central Hangul denomination character set within a scrollwork medallion, all against a dense guilloche underprint of concentric scalloped lobes. The Korean legend appears in small characters at the top centre of the central medallion, and an ornate foliate scroll device is positioned at the foot below the central emblem. |
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North Korea's first postwar currency series, issued in 1947, was introduced by the newly established Central Bank as the Soviet-backed government consolidated administrative control north of the 38th parallel. The 1947 won series replaced the Japanese colonial yen-denominated notes that had continued circulating after liberation, and the chon denominations were the fractional working end of that system — the notes most likely to actually pass through hands in markets and state shops.
P#6 is among the smallest denominations in the series. Surviving examples in any condition are harder to locate than the higher values, consistent with the pattern of heavy small-denomination attrition in command economies where fractional notes wore out faster than they were replaced.