Number of banknotes: 1
Origin: Asia
Denomination: 10 Won
Currency: Third Won
Type: Banknotes
Year: 2002 (2009)
Composition: Paper
Weight: 1 g.
Shape: Rectangular
Size: 145 × 65 mm
Catalog numbers: P59
Obverse: Servicemen of the Korean People’s Army representing the Air Force, Navy and Ground Forces. North Korea has the fourth-largest active military force on earth. The military plays a large role in North Korean society, in the mid-1990s Kim Jong Il reinforced ‘Songun’ (military-first) policy as a guiding policy of the state. Songun policy prioritises the Korean People’s Army in the affairs of state and allocation of resources. Juche and Songun remain the guiding ideologies directing North Korea’s political, economic and foreign policies.
Reverse: Monument to Victorious War. You’ll see this on most of our group tours when visiting the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang. This museum is an elaborate and detailed exhibit of the Korean people’s fight against foreign invaders, with a focus on the Korean War (locally known as the Great Fatherland Liberation War). The museum and monument reflect the official North Korean government’s viewpoint of victory in the Korean War. The Korean Armistice Agreement was signed on July 27th, 1953, and this date has since become an annual national holiday in North Korea, known as Victory Day.
🧑People: Pilot, sailor and soldier
⛩ Monuments: Victory monument
