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50 Won Kim Il Sung's Birthday
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Currency | Second Won (1959-2009) |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 위대한 수령 김일성동지 탄생 95돐 오십원 50 (Translation: Democratic People's Republic of Korea The Central Bank, Great Leader Comrade Kim Il-sung's 95th Birthday, Fifty Won) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a landscape vignette of Mount Paekdu and the Baekdudaegan mountain range rendered in a naturalistic style, with fir trees occupying the foreground and the snow-capped volcanic peak rising in the background — a scene of strong ideological and national symbolism in North Korean iconography. |
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Pick 52 was issued to mark the 95th birthday of Kim Il Sung, who was born on 15 April 1912. Commemorative notes of this type were produced in limited runs for presentation rather than active circulation — they entered the economy in a nominal sense but were almost universally retained by recipients, making genuinely used examples essentially nonexistent.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field in this catalog entry almost certainly reflects a data error or a misread inscription; Kim Il Sung did not assume formal state authority until 1948, and the Central Bank of the DPRK was not established until that same year.