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North Korea paper money catalog and North Korean currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Won =(Yen) = 100 Sen, 1946-1947
  • People's Won = 100 chon, 1947-1959
  • Won = (100 People's Won) = 100 chon, 1959-

• For earlier issues see:
  • Korea

• To purchase North Korean banknotes, please check our inventory :
  [ World Banknotes (part 1): countries A-F ] - [ World Banknotes (part 2): countries G-M ] - [ World Banknotes (part 3): countries N-Z ]

Pick #	Date
		Russian occupation
1-4	1945	1, 5, 10, 100 won
		Republic
5-11	1947	15, 20, 50 chon, 1, 5, 5, 10, 100 won
12-17	1959	50 chon, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 won
18-22	1978	1, 5, 10, 50, 100 won
23-30	1988	1, 5, 10, 50 chon, 1, 5, 10, 50 won; "capitalist visitors" currency
31-38	1988	1, 5, 10, 50 chon, 1, 5, 10, 50 won; "socialist visitors" currency
39-44	1992-96	1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 won
45-46	2002	1.000, 5.000 won
47-	2005	200 won