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5 Won Workers' Party of Korea
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Exchange certificates |
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| Reverse description | Vignette of the Taebaek Mountains with cascading waterfalls and Mt. Kumgang in the centre, rendered in a landscape composition. A red overprinted stamp bearing the numeral denomination is applied over the design. |
| Reverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행 5 (Translation: Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) |
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North Korea's 2000 currency reform introduced a parallel series of "special" won notes — distinguishable by a red star at lower left — intended for circulation among foreign visitors and residents rather than ordinary citizens. The two-tier system formalized a hierarchy already operating informally through hard-currency shops (the so-called "dollar stores") that ordinary Koreans were barred from entering.
Whether this specific 5 Won note belongs to the domestic or foreign-exchange series depends on that detail alone.