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20 Won Triathlon

20 Won (Triathlon) - obverse20 Won (Triathlon) - reverse

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Features

Issuer North Korea
Period Democratic People's Republic (1948-date)
Type Non-circulating coins
Year 2008
Value 20 Won (20 KPW)
Currency Second Won (1959-2009)
Composition Brass
Weight 19.5 g
Diameter 38.1 mm
Thickness 2.3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
570031

Series: Summer Games 2008

Obverse

In the center is Pyongyang's Eastern Gate.
The issuer is listed at the top.
The denomination is listed at the bottom.

Scripts: Hangul, Latin

Lettering:
조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행
20 WON

Translation: Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Reverse

The center depicts the sport the coin is dedicated to, along with an inscription in Chinese.
Above is an inscription in English.
Below is the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, against the backdrop of the wall of Daesong Fortress, which bears the emblem of the sport and the year, with an inscription in Korean above.

Scripts: Chinese, Hangul, Latin

Lettering:
SUMMER GAMES 2008
三项赛
대성산성
2008

Translation:
Triathlon
Daesong Fortress

Edge

Plain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
2008  proof

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