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5 Chon Capitalist Visitors
| Issuer | Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 5 Chon (0.05 KPW) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in blue and pink on an intricate multicolour guilloche ground. A large central medallion, outlined in pink and radiating fine lathe-work, bears the denomination '5전' in blue Hangul numerals. Repeating micro-text panels reading '5전' are arranged in horizontal bands to either side, and a numeral '5' accompanied by a decorative pink scroll device appears at the lower right corner. |
| Reverse lettering | 5전 (Translation: 5 Chon) |
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| Comments |
North Korea maintained separate currency systems for different categories of foreign visitors well into the late 1980s — socialist-bloc tourists, capitalist tourists, and official delegations each received distinct exchange certificates, segregating hard currency inflows by source. This note belongs to the "capitalist visitor" series, a practical tool for extracting convertible currency while controlling what foreigners could access and spend within the country.
The printing date field — 30 April 1945 — is almost certainly a catalog or data anomaly. This series was issued in 1988, and no credible source places this note in wartime production.