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5000 Won Savings Bond
| Issuer | Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Second Won (1959-2009) |
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| Obverse description | The state emblem of the DPRK is centered at top, with issuer name and denomination in Hangul below. A Siebold's Magnolia vignette occupies the lower right, set against an elaborate multicolour guilloche underprint with a colour-shifting square device. Denomination numerals appear in both upper right and lower left corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | 조선민주주의인민공화국 중앙은행 오천원 신용권 주체92 (2003) (Translation: Central Bank of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Five Thousand Won, Credit bond) |
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North Korea issued savings bonds — as opposed to currency — only sporadically, and this 2003 series was one of the first explicitly marketed toward ordinary citizens rather than state enterprises. The bonds were tied to the regime's broader push to formalize a semi-monetized economy following the July 2002 economic reforms, which introduced limited price liberalization and wage adjustments after decades of near-total central allocation.
Watermarking on DPRK-issued paper instruments of this period was inconsistent in execution, and the Central Bank had limited access to high-security substrate suppliers due to sanctions. Pick lists this as P#901 with no significant variants recorded.