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50 Won Socialist Visitor
| Issuer | Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 50 Won (50 KPW) |
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| Obverse lettering | 외화와바꾼돈표 1988 조선민주주의인민공화국무역은행 50 오십원 (Translation: Foreign currency exchange, Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fifty Won) |
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| Reverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 무역은행 50 오십원 (Translation: Foreign Trade Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fifty Won) |
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North Korea maintained a parallel currency system for foreign visitors throughout the 1980s, issuing separate notes for socialist-bloc nationals and capitalist-bloc nationals — this 50 Won belongs to the former category, identifiable by the red serial numbers used for that series. The distinction wasn't merely administrative; it enforced hard divisions in where holders could spend their money, restricting socialist visitors to designated shops and facilities separate from those accessible to Western currency holders.
The Foreign Trade Bank series was introduced partly to capture foreign exchange without exposing the domestic won to external valuation pressure. P#38 is among the higher denominations in the socialist visitor series, suggesting it was intended for larger controlled purchases rather than routine transactions.