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500 Won
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 500 Won |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang rendered in fine intaglio engraving, with the dates 1925 and 1945 inscribed on the arch's pylons and a cityscape visible in the background. The state emblem of the DPRK appears in the upper left, flanked by guilloche underprint in blue and violet tones. The large numeral 500 in intaglio occupies the lower right, with the Korean denomination 오백원 printed in green at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 500 500 오백원 500 |
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The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field almost certainly refers to a commemorative date encoded into the note's design rather than an actual press date — the Central Bank of the DPRK routinely anchors anniversary issues to politically significant dates, and 30 April 1945 carries no obvious institutional significance, suggesting the field may instead reflect the note's catalog registration or a data entry error in the source record. Treat it with caution.
North Korean won notes of this period were not freely circulating instruments in any conventional sense. The 2009 currency redenomination — which replaced old won at 100:1 with strict household exchange limits — rendered many 2008-dated notes obsolete within months of issue.