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Lot of 10x North Korea 1988 50 Won Socialist Visitor Banknotes, 10pcs
Lot of 10x North Korea 1988 50 Won Socialist Visitor Banknotes, 10pcs
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Lot of 10x North Korea 1988 50 Won Socialist Visitor Banknotes, 10pcs
After the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Korea was divided into two zones along the 38th parallel. The north was occupied by the Soviet Union, and the south was occupied by the United States. In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, sparking the Korean War. When the war ended with a ceasefire in 1953, North Korea became increasingly isolationist and totalitarian. Today, it is a hereditary dictatorship under the Kim family, and Amnesty International considers it to have the worst human rights record in the world.
Until 2002, North Korea used a dual-visitor currency system. When visiting North Korea, the design and colour of the banknotes you could spend depended on where you visited from: socialist visitors got red, and capitalist visitors got green. These are socialist notes. The structure on the obverse is the International Friendship Exhibition, a massive museum complex that displays the extravagant gifts given to the country's leaders by foreign governments and dignitaries.
After the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Korea was divided into two zones along the 38th parallel. The north was occupied by the Soviet Union, and the south was occupied by the United States. In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, sparking the Korean War. When the war ended with a ceasefire in 1953, North Korea became increasingly isolationist and totalitarian. Today, it is a hereditary dictatorship under the Kim family, and Amnesty International considers it to have the worst human rights record in the world.
Until 2002, North Korea used a dual-visitor currency system. When visiting North Korea, the design and colour of the banknotes you could spend depended on where you visited from: socialist visitors got red, and capitalist visitors got green. These are socialist notes. The structure on the obverse is the International Friendship Exhibition, a massive museum complex that displays the extravagant gifts given to the country's leaders by foreign governments and dignitaries.
