100 Won

100 Won - obverse100 Won - reverse

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Features

Issuer North Korea
Period Provisional People's Committee (1946-1948)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1947
Value 100 Won
Currency First Won (1947-1959)
Composition Paper
Size 170 × 95 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 1959
Number
N#
204133
References P# 11
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Peasant with hoe and worker holding a sledge-hammer, Factory chimneys symbolizing "bright future" of the nation

Scripts: Chinese, Hangul

Lettering:
北朝鮮中央銀行券
원백

Translation: Banknote of the Central Bank of North Korea, 100 Won

Reverse

Baekdu mountain

Scripts: Chinese, Hangul

Lettering:


선조주민


1947

Translation: Democratic Chosun, 100 Won

Watermark

Pattern

100 Won -  obverse

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Comments

The original series of 1947 was printed by the Soviet Union and had watermark of a symmetrical pattern.
In the 1990's the North Korean government realised that there were very few remaining banknotes of this series, which had made them extremly expensive. So the government decided to make an enormous amount of reprints with the only reason to make a large profit from foreign collectors. These reprints does not have a watermark.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1947  64% P# 11a; With watermark
1947  $ 19 35% P# 11b; Without watermark, modern reprint

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 100 WonPicture 1 of a sold 100 Won
Katz
Auction 93
Lot 133
Internet Archive
24 Aug 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 15.12
(EUR 14.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 100 WonPicture 1 of a sold 100 Won
Katz
Auction 71
Lot 3582
Internet Archive
30 Nov 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 16.20
(EUR 15.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 100 WonPicture 1 of a sold 100 Won
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 695
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 71.29
(EUR 66.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 100 WonPicture 1 of a sold 100 Won
Katz
Jubilee Auction 60
Lot 364
Internet Archive
14 May 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 119.90
(EUR 111.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 100 WonPicture 1 of a sold 100 Won
Katz
Auction 59
Lot 124
Internet Archive
23 Apr 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 10.80
(EUR 10.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 100 WonPicture 1 of a sold 100 Won
Katz
Auction 56
Lot 87
Internet Archive
12 Mar 2022 Undetermined XF USD 12.96
(EUR 12.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 100 WonPicture 1 of a sold 100 Won
Katz
Auction 93
Lot 132
Internet Archive
24 Aug 2023 Undetermined VF USD 25.92
(EUR 24.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 100 WonPicture 1 of a sold 100 Won
Katz
Auction 87
Lot 84
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2023 Undetermined VF USD 12.96
(EUR 12.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 100 WonPicture 1 of a sold 100 Won
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 696
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 Undetermined VF USD 9.72
(EUR 9.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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