North Korea Chollima Statue Coin in the year of 1978

explorenorthkorea

North Korea Chollima Statue Coin in the year of 1978.

tahbb143

I've never seen any north korean coinage

have any more to share?

thanks!

explorenorthkorea

Here are 1 set if North Korean Currency. If you are interested you can visit and see
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1084650/set-of-north-korean-currency-paper-money-and-coins#latest

Sapyx

North Korea at the time had three separate coinages: one for use by locals, one for use by foreign visitors from Communist countries, and one for use by foreign visitors from non-communist countries. There is also a fourth version of the coin stamped "specimen" in Korean, presumably for sale to coin collectors abroad. This is the "for local use" version of the coin, and from the condition has clearly seen some local use. The local use coin has the highest mintage, but is the one least frequently seen by collectors (especially in high grade) because taking them out of the country was illegal; most of them never left North Korea.

tahbb143

@Sapyx said:
North Korea at the time had three separate coinages: one for use by locals, one for use by foreign visitors from Communist countries, and one for use by foreign visitors from non-communist countries. There is also a fourth version of the coin stamped "specimen" in Korean, presumably for sale to coin collectors abroad. This is the "for local use" version of the coin, and from the condition has clearly seen some local use. The local use coin has the highest mintage, but is the one least frequently seen by collectors (especially in high grade) because taking them out of the country was illegal; most of them never left North Korea.

fascinating. thanks for that additional context.

Piano1

Here are a few North Korean coins from my Music Coin collection.

Piano1