Provisional People's Committee of North Korea (1946-1948), Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1948-present)
Provisional Government under Soviet civil administration (1946-1948), Independent country (1948-present)
Location: North Korea
Capital City: Pyongyang
Government type: Provisional Government (1946-1948), Communist Republic (1948-present)
Main languages: Korean
Main religions: Atheism, Korean Shamanism
Note: South Korea claims the entirety of Korea
Chronology
1946: Provisional Government created in the Soviet occupation zone of Korea headed by Kim Il-Sung
1948: Democratic People's Republic of Korea, claiming the entire Korean peninsula
1950-1953: Korean War after North Korea attempts to take over South Korea, resulting in armistice and DMZ border
Currency
First Won (1947-1959)
1 Won = 100 Chon
Second Won (1959-2009)
1 Won = 100 Chon
Third Won (2009-present)
1 Won = 100 Chon
Coins from North Korea in the collection
Communist Republic (1948-present)
•1/2 Chon, 2002 (aluminum, KM#184) Commemorative: Animals (Orangutan)
•1 Chon, 1959 (aluminum, KM#1)
•1 Won, 2002 (aluminum, KM#305) Commemorative: Tourist Sites of the DPRK (Tomb of King Kongmin)
•10 Chon, 2002 (aluminum, KM#1172)
Banknotes from North Korea in the collection
Provisional Government (1946-1948)
•10 Won, 1947 (P#10A)
•100 Won, 1947 (P#11)
Communist Republic (1948-present)
•1 Won, 1978 (P#18A)
•1 Won, 1992 (P#39)
•5 Won, 1998 (P#40)
•100 Won, 1978 (P#22)
•500 Won, 2007 (P#44)
•10 Won, 2002 (P#59, specimen)
•50 Won, 2002 (P#60, specimen)
•100 Won, 2008 (P#61, specimen)
•500 Won, 2008 (P#63, specimen)
•5,000 Won, 2008 (P#66, specimen)