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50 Won
| Issuer | Central Bank of Korea (North Korea) |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Value | 50 Won |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in violet and green tones, with the National Emblem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the left, flanked by decorative guilloche borders. The central vignette presents a panoramic view of the Taedong River railroad bridge in Pyongyang, with mountains visible in the background. Denomination numerals '50' appear at lower left and right within ornate cartouches, and the date '1959' is inscribed at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, rendered in violet and green, centres on a vignette of a smiling peasant woman in traditional dress holding a large sheaf of harvested grain, set against an agricultural landscape. Denomination numerals '50' appear in green guilloche cartouches at the upper left and right, with the value repeated in large numerals along the lower margin. Ornate floral and geometric border patterns frame the entire design. |
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The 1959 issue from the Central Bank of Korea — the DPRK institution established in 1946 — belongs to the first generation of distinctly North Korean paper money developed after the peninsula's division hardened into permanence. A currency reform in 1959 redenominated the won at 100 to 1, effectively wiping out accumulated inflation from the postwar period and resetting the monetary base. This note is a product of that reform, not a carryover.
The printing date of 30 April 1945 in the catalog data is almost certainly a data entry error — that date predates the DPRK itself by three years.