7 different uncirculated specimen notes w/folder, North Korea (DPRK), 2002-13

Includes 7 notes - 5, 10, 200, 500, 1000 and 5000 won specimen uncirculated banknotes. With a folder giving some historical information and details on the banknotes. All factory new, including the folder, sealed in plastic.

The notes included are:

•    5-won, 2002 (Pick#58), featuring two students on the obverse and a hydroelectric dam on the reverse
•    10-won, 2002 (Pick#59), featuring soldiers of the three forces on the front and the Fatherland Liberation War Victory Monument in Pyongyang
•    200-won, 2008 (Pick#62), featuring the winged equestrian statue "Chŏllima" in Pyongyang.
•    Commemorative 500-won, 2013 (Pick#CS14), featuring the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, which was built to celebrate the Korean resistance to Japan.
•    1000-won, 2008 (Pick#64), featuring a Hoeryong Revolutionary Site. This is the birthplace and native homestead of Kim Jong Suk, who was the first wife of Kim Il Sung. The reverse shows trees on the shore of Lake Samji in Samjiyon, with Mt. Paektu can be seen in the backdrop.
•    2000-won, 2008 (Pick#65), Paektusan Secret Camp (birthplace of Kim Jong-il) on the front and Lake Cheonji on Mount Baekdu on the back. 
•    5000-won, 2013 (Pick#67), featuring the birthplace of Kim Il-sung in Mangyongdae. The reverse displays the International Friendship Exhibition museum complex at Myohyang-san, which houses gifts presented to North Korean leaders by foreign dignitaries.

“Specimen” banknotes are specially marked examples printed for reference, display, and export rather than everyday circulation. They are typically stamped or overprinted with the word “SPECIMEN” and were used for banking archives, foreign trade exhibitions, and collectors’ markets abroad. These notes are not legal tender inside North Korea but are produced in small quantities, making them historically interesting and highly collectible.