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5000 Won Kim Jong Sook
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Reference(s) | P#CS20 |
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| Reverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 5000 오천원 (Translation: The Central Bank of the Democratic People`s Republic of Korea, Five Thousand Won) |
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| Protection description | Blossoms of Siebold's Magnolia |
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| Comments |
Kim Jong Sook — mother of Kim Jong Il and wife of Kim Il Sung — occupies an unusual position in North Korean iconography. Unlike the two male leaders, her image on currency is relatively rare, making this denomination notable within the DPRK series regardless of face value. The CS prefix in the Pick reference indicates this is catalogued as a commemorative or special issue, distinct from the standard circulation run.
Watermark-only security for a note from 2017 is thin by any measure, reflecting both the limited sophistication of Pyongyang's printing infrastructure and the note's likely domestic function in a currency system that never fully trusted its own paper.