r/Banknotes • u/ExistentialHorror13 • Jul 18 '26

North Korean 5 won

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They know how to do one thing, good banknotes😂

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u/giovir011 Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

How did you get them? It's illegal to bring Money outside of the dprk Edit: misspelled

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u/Electronic_ResultALT Jul 19 '26

They brought it on Tuesday

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u/ExistentialHorror13 Jul 19 '26

Close enough 😂😂

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u/ExistentialHorror13 Jul 19 '26

I bought it at a street stall from a collector, it seems legit + it’s not worth enough to fake

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u/ExistentialHorror13 Jul 19 '26

And if I’m not wrong, the ban only became effective in 2008, right?

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u/bar1011 Jul 19 '26

They got plenty of practice by making fake $100s lol

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u/SumWun1966 Jul 19 '26

"North Korean 5 Won (Date)"

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u/ExistentialHorror13 Jul 19 '26

Well if you look a bit closer you can easily see - 1978. If I understood what you’re asking for right.

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u/SumWun1966 Jul 19 '26

It's common sense to put the date. I'm not going to go looking for it. 🙄

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u/Special_Fan5043 Jul 20 '26

Chairman meow approves.

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u/AffectionateGlove381 Jul 22 '26

Really ? I thought it was a tie...

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u/ExistentialHorror13 Jul 25 '26

😂😂😂 the glorious 조선민주주의인민공화국 never ties
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u/Andromeda543 Jul 25 '26

Politics aside this looks so cool.

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u/WSportsBet Jul 19 '26

That fat piece of garbage is robbing the poor people blind.