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| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 200 이백원 (Translation: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, The Central Bank, Two Hundred Won) |
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| Reverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 이백원 200 (Translation: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, The Central Bank, Two Hundred Won) |
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The 200 Won denomination was introduced as part of a broader restructuring of North Korean paper currency in the early 2000s, a period when the DPRK was quietly expanding its denomination range while the country remained largely isolated from international monetary oversight. North Korean banknotes of this era are difficult to study precisely because so few leave the country through legitimate channels — most examples in Western collections arrived via China or through diplomatic contacts.
P#48 carries only a watermark as its listed security feature, which is minimal even by the standards of the series. Whether additional latent features exist but remain undocumented is an open question among specialists.