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North Korean won


Name: North Korean won
Defn: 100ch=1w
Symbol: ₩
Code:
Desc:
Units of money:
chon ch 1
won w 100

Users of this currency: North Korea (6855 stamps, 1946-2021)

Denominations used in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1ch 6   1959 ltgrn&red issue=Machine Building Industry d=Tractor Chollima ... 5/1/1961 issue=Progress of Technology d=Mobile Crane
1.50ch 1   9/1/1974 issue=Exhibition of 50th Anniversary of "l'Unita" Newspaper
2ch 124   1959 ltbrn issue=Machine Building Industry d=Electric Locomotive Jongihwa-58 ... 8/1/1985 dt=buildings in Pyongyang (1985)
4ch 16   7/20/1962 dt=Writing Utensils from the Koryo and Yi Dynasty d=Brush holder with dragon decoration white porcelain ... 12/30/1966 issue=Mount Diamond Scenery dt=Mount Diamond Scenery
5ch 269   1959 olbrn issue=Machine Building Industry d=Bagger Chollima ... 2/11/1993 issue=60th Anniversary of Wangjaesan Meeting
10ch 1475   1959 dkbrn<grn issue=Machine Building Industry d=Lathe SU-58 ... 7/29/2002 issue=30th Anniversary of the Constitution
15ch 90   6/30/1966 issue=Kyungrak Biological System ... 9/24/1996 issue=1st Asian Championships in Gymnastics d=Kim Kwang Suk (North Korea)
20ch 401   3/12/1946 red issue=1946 d=Rose of Sharon ... 5/25/2002 issue=Ryongmun Stalactite Cavern
25ch 81   8/1/1973 issue=Mansudae Art Troupe Dances d=Apple dance ... 12/26/1993 issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of Mao Tse-tung
0.30w 6   4/8/1995 issue=FINLANDIA '95 a d=++on=1.50w
= 30ch 292   8/13/1964 issue=5th Anniversary of Agreement for Repatriation of Koreans in Japan ... 5/25/2002 issue=Ryongmun Stalactite Cavern
35ch 19   10/20/1980 issue=Olympics 1980 d=HO Bong Chol ... 8/8/1990 issue=World Cup 1990 winners
0.40w 6   6/17/1994 issue=8th-century Travels of Hye Cho
= 40ch 436   6/29/1960 dt=townscape of the New Pyongyang ... 7/20/2002 issue=85th Anniversary of the Birth of Kim Jong Suk
50ch 308   3/12/1946 apgrn issue=1946 d=Diamond Mountains (small 50) ... 4/28/2002 issue="Arirang" Korean Folk Song
56ch 5   9/10/2001 issue=Awarding of the Olympic Games to Beijing
60ch 81   3/10/1974 issue=Sports 1974 ... 1/1/2002 issue=Chinese Horse Painting
70ch 85   6/25/1959 ltbrn&dkbrn issue=Day of Struggle for the Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from South Korea ... 9/2/2001 issue=Protected Animals 2001 d=Hydropotes inermis (2001)
80ch 200   2/16/1975 issue=Pak Yong Sun, Winner of 33rd World Table Tennis Championships, Calcutta ... 6/30/2002 issue=16th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China - Stamps of 2001 with Different Frame d=Mao Zedong (2002)
90ch 25   2/11/1963 issue=Progress of Technology 1963 ... 9/2/2001 issue=Protected Animals 2001 d=Nemorhaedus goral
97ch 1   7/1/1997 issue=Return of Hong Kong to China b d=Deng Xiaoping (1997 North Korea)
1w 226   4/22/1947 turq issue=agrarian reform 1st d=peasants ... 11/20/2002 viobrn issue=2002 dt=Symbols of State
1.20w 38   6/1/1974 issue=Kim Il Sung ... 2/25/2002 issue=Fungi in Mount Paektu d=Russula integra
1.30w 3   7/9/2001 issue=Mount Kuwol ... 1/1/2002 issue=Chinese Horse Painting
1.40w 10   10/5/1992 issue=World Environment Day 1992 d=Airmail ... 2/1/2001 issue=HONG KONG 2001 d=Oriolus chinensis (2001)
1.50w 50   3/10/1974 issue=Sports 1974 ... 7/20/2002 issue=85th Anniversary of the Birth of Kim Jong Suk
1.60w 16   5/29/1994 issue=Flags and Map Stamps of 1993 with Flourescent Surcharge - Self-Adhesive d=++on=1.50w ... 4/25/2002 issue=70th Anniversary of Korean People's Army
1.70w 1   12/15/1998 issue=Mount Chilbo d=Couple Rock
1.80w 6   6/20/1994 issue=Turtle Ship
1.90w 1   8/20/1998 issue=Traditional Costume Adornments d=Ornamental silver sword
2w 127   6/20/1950 issue=5th Anniversary of Liberation from Japan ... 6/30/2002 issue=Butterflies 2002 d=Morpho rhetenor (2002)
2.40w 1   2/5/2002 issue=100th Anniversary of Zeppelin Airships d=Zeppelin NT
2.50w 10   10/13/1994 issue=World Cup 1994 ... 4/20/2001 issue=World Chess Champions of the 20th Century - Overprinted in Gold Above Heads
3w 173   4/15/1972 issue=60th Anniversary of the Birth of Kim Il Sung ... 10/5/2009 issue=World Wildlife Fund - Birds d=Platalea minor (2009)
3.50w 1   5/30/1999 issue=400th Anniversary of the Birth of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
4w 2   6/15/1998 issue=Korean Central History Museum, Pyongyang d=Kim Il Sung visiting the museum, 8/10/1998 issue=Embroidery d=pine & cranes
5w 23   11/1/1951 issue=1951 surcharges d=++on=6w ... 4/23/2005 issue=World Table Tennis Championships 2005 d=Mao Zedong (2005)
6w 12   6/20/1950 blgrn issue=5th Anniversary of Liberation from Japan d=Size 20 x 30 mm. White or Brownish paper ... 1954 dkbl&red
10w 381   6/20/1950 dkbrn issue=5th Anniversary of Liberation from Japan d=Size 20 x 28 mm, White paper ... 2/20/2021 issue=Symbol of the Eighth Party Congress
12w 98   9/20/2002 issue=Red Cross and Red Crescent ... 10/5/2009 issue=World Wildlife Fund - Birds d=Platalea minor (2009)
1234 8   8/20/1984 dt=flowers (1984 North Korea) d=Minsheet (67 x 94mm) ... 10/20/2013 issue=Construction of the Masik Pass Ski Resort d=Imperforated
14w 1   2/20/2003 issue=Cars used by Kim Il Sung d=GAZ (1940)
15w 22   2/18/2003 issue=Ships 2003 d="Paekmagang" ... 9/10/2010 issue=60th Anniversary of the Entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers CPV into the Korean War
17.80w 1   10/25/1995 issue=Rose of Sharon d=Hibiscus syriacus (1995)
20w 49   1/20/1952 dkbl issue=Peace Propaganda d=Issued 1955 ... 10/13/2019 issue=Flora 2019
25w 5   9/5/2010 issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of Kim Il Sung ... 7/5/2011 issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of Kim Il Sung
27w 1   9/10/2010 issue=60th Anniversary of the Entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers CPV into the Korean War
30w 363   1/2/1995 issue=20th Anniversary of World Tourism Organization ... 3/24/2021 issue=Fauna of North Korea 2021
35w 38   7/27/2003 issue=50th Anniversary of the End of the Korean War ... 11/20/2013 issue=UNESCO World Heritage - Kaesong
40w 70   11/15/1951 red issue=Order of Soldier's Honour d=Order of Soldier's Honour ... 10/13/2019 issue=Flora 2019
42w 20   10/28/2010 issue=Unofficial Visit to the People's Republic of China by Kim Jong Il ... 12/5/2011 issue=Minerals 2011 d=Kotoite
45w 9   5/3/2005 issue=Giant Panda d=Ailuropoda melanoleuca (2005) ... 7/5/2011 issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of Kim Il Sung
50w 273   11/20/2002 dkbrn issue=2002 dt=Symbols of State ... 2/25/2021 issue=Pyongyang Golf Course
55w 3   8/25/2010 issue=50th Anniversary of Songun Revolutionary Leadership ... 9/5/2010 issue=100th Anniversary of the Birth of Kim Il Sung
56w 2   2/23/2011 issue=4th International Martial Arts Games, 4/20/2011 issue=Tourism - Pyongyang d=First May Stadium
57w 3   12/31/2009 issue=Year of Realizing Ideals d=Sturgeon Ostriches Rooster Pig ... 5/31/2010 issue=World Cup 2010
58w 1   12/5/2011 issue=Minerals 2011 d=Wollastonite
60w 51   6/1/2003 issue=Song "We are One" ... 4/8/2020 issue=Traffic Rules 2020
67w 5   10/1/2009 issue=60th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China d=National Stadium Beijing ... 6/20/2010 issue=Kim Jung Il Visits China d=Visiting the park of Beiling
70w 199   1/10/1952 purbrn d=Li Su Dok ... 2/25/2021 issue=Pyongyang Golf Course
74w 1   6/18/2004 issue=Kim Jong Il's Travel to China
75w 13   9/25/2002 issue=WBC Super-flyweight Title Champion Hong Chang Su ... 12/29/2017 issue=Architecture 2017 d=Panmun Pavilion
76w 1   3/5/2010 dt=Propaganda Posters d=The US imperialists must not run amok
80w 23   9/20/2002 issue=Red Cross and Red Crescent ... 10/16/2018 issue=3rd North-South Summit Meeting
84w 2   10/1/2009 issue=60th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China d=National Opera Beijing, 4/20/2011 issue=Tourism - Pyongyang d=Arch of Triumph (2011)
85w 17   8/10/2004 issue=Olympics 2004 ... 8/29/2010 issue=50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Cuba
90w 37   2/20/2003 issue=Cars used by Kim Il Sung d=Mercedes Benz (1990) ... 12/10/2020 issue=Historical Remains 2020
91w 1   1/30/2004 issue=1st Chinese Manned Space Flight d=Yang Liwei (2004)
95w 14   8/29/2009 issue=International Year of Astronomy d=Solar eclipse on 2272009 in Korea Chollima Statue ... 6/30/2010 issue=Korean Children's Film d=A hedgehog defeat a Tiger
97w 8   8/15/2004 issue=Fire Engines 2004 ... 6/14/2005 issue=Relics from the Time of the Koguryo Kingdom
98w 13   1/30/2004 issue=1st Chinese Manned Space Flight ... 12/24/2011 issue=20th Anniversary Kim Jong Il's Appointment to the Supreme Commander of the Army d=Kim Jong Il & militiamen
99w 1   10/5/2009 issue=World Wildlife Fund - Birds d=Platalea minor (2009)
100w 58   10/20/2002 issue=Cats and Dogs 2002 d=White Shorthair Felis silvestris catus ... 2/25/2021 issue=Pyongyang Golf Course
101w 11   5/1/2006 issue=2006 surcharges d=++on=10ch
102w 9   4/23/2005 issue=World Table Tennis Championships 2005 d=Werner Schlager ... 4/20/2007 issue=Rodents 2007 d=Micromys minutus
104w 2   8/20/2004 issue=Aircraft 2004 d=Graf Zeppelin (2004), 9/30/2004 issue=Swan Goose d=Anser cygnoides
105w 1   8/15/2004 issue=Fire Engines 2004 d=Mercedes Benz
106w 1   4/20/2004 issue=Demand to Claim Korean Dokdo, Takeshima d=Larus vegae
110w 40   2/10/2006 issue=Winter Olympics 2006 ... 3/10/2021 issue=Natural Monuments 2021
111w 3   1/17/2006 issue=60th Anniversary of League of Socialist Working Youth of Korea ... 11/16/2006 issue=BELGICA '06 b d=Strix uralensis (2006)
112w 17   1/20/2003 issue=Carnival ... 8/5/2011 issue=Cactus 2011 d=Notocactus herteri
114w 1   5/31/2010 issue=World Cup 2010
116w 6   4/20/2004 issue=Demand to Claim Korean Dokdo, Takeshima d=Larus vegae ... 8/20/2004 issue=Aircraft 2004 d=Junkers JU-52
120w 56   10/15/2002 issue=Visit to Russia of Kim Jong Il ... 4/15/2014 issue=Orchids 2014 d=Bletilla striata (2014)
125w 4   2/20/2010 issue=65th Anniversary of the Founding of the Worker's Party of Korea d=peace dove & rainbow over globe with Korea ... 2/16/2011 issue=69th Anniversary of the Birth of Kim Jong Il d=Hystrix indica
127w 1   8/3/2007 issue=Orchids 2007 d=Dendrobium thyrsiflorum
128w 17   8/15/2005 issue=60th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War ... 5/1/2006 issue=2006 surcharges d=++on=40ch
130w 24   10/25/2002 issue=Minerals 2002 d=calcite ... 11/18/2007 issue=Historic Paintings 2007 d=Paintings with job motifs by Kim Hong-do - Bowmaker
133w 4   3/25/2010 dt=cats (2010 North Korea) d=cat with a mouse ... 3/2/2011 issue=Birds 2011 d=Goura victoria (2011)
134w 10   5/1/2006 issue=2006 surcharges d=++on=1.50w
135w 11   2/10/2006 issue=Winter Olympics 2006 ... 10/20/2008 issue=Moran Hill
140w 53   1/20/2003 issue=Carnival ... 8/9/2019 issue=Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump
142w 1   6/20/2011 d=Phalaenopsis sp.
150w 24   9/20/2002 issue=Red Cross and Red Crescent ... 8/29/2020 issue=60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations with the Republic of Cuba
152w 4   4/15/2010 issue=98th Anniversary of the Birth of Kim Il Sung d=Stuffed sea turtle ... 6/16/2010 dt=dinosaurs (2010 North Korea) d=Pterodactylus (2010)
155w 14   1/1/2004 issue=Monkeys 2004 d=Macaca mulatta (2004) ... 9/9/2008 issue=60th Anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
158w 11   3/12/2006 issue=60th Anniversary of First Stamp Issue of North Korea ... 5/1/2006 issue=2006 surcharges d=++on=5w
160w 20   6/9/2006 issue=World Cup 2006 ... 12/16/2009 issue=50th Anniversary of Korean Repatriation from Japan
165w 1   8/10/2004 issue=Freshwater Fish 2004 d=Clarias gariepinus (2004)
167w 1   6/15/2005 issue=5th Anniversary of Korean Summit
170w 13   6/14/2005 issue=70th Anniversary of the Death of Kim Chol Ju d=Kim Chol Ju ... 3/25/2010 dt=cats (2010 North Korea) d=cat with three kittens
171w 1   1/5/2010 issue=Korean Tiger
190w 4   5/31/2010 issue=World Cup 2010 ... 9/5/2014 issue=ROSSICA 2014
195w 1   3/20/2004 issue=Lighthouses 2004
200w 19   11/20/2002 lilrose issue=2002 dt=Symbols of State ... 4/12/2020 issue=Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon
210w 4   6/9/2006 issue=World Cup 2006 ... 9/5/2014 issue=ROSSICA 2014
220w 3   4/20/2003 issue=Insects 2003 d=Xylotrupes dichotomus ... 8/25/2004 issue=Meeting of Kim Jong Il and Junichiro Koizumi
225w 1   8/4/2003 issue=Birds 2003 dt=birds (2003 North Korea) d=Pseudogyps africanus
230w 1   6/10/2003 issue=Mammals 2003
240w 2   8/20/2006 issue=Whales 2006 d=Inia geoffrensis, 9/1/2006 issue=Motorcycles 2006
250w 1   9/5/2003 issue=Fungi 2003 d=Elfvingia applanata
266w 1   10/5/2009 issue=World Wildlife Fund - Birds d=Platalea minor (2009)
300w 3   4/20/2003 issue=Insects 2003 d=Lycaena dispar (2003) ... 4/12/2020 issue=Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon
500w 5   10/15/2007 issue=Olympics 2008 in 2007 b ... 9/30/2020 issue=National Symbols 2020
680w 10   9/15/2008 issue=Transport - Cycling d=Ivan Basso
760w 20   10/24/2009 issue=Lighthouses 2009 d=Bengtskär FINLAND - Stellers Albatross Phoebastria albatr

Used by 6855 stamps: (See all uses as list)
North Korea 3/12/1946 50ch apgrn issue=1946 d=Diamond Mountains (small 50) perf=11
North Korea 3/12/1946 50ch carrose issue=1946 d=Diamond Mountains (small 50)
North Korea 3/12/1946 50ch rosered issue=1946 d=Diamond Mountains (large 50) perf=11
North Korea 3/12/1946 50ch vio issue=1946 d=Diamond Mountains (large 50) perf=11
North Korea 3/12/1946 20ch red issue=1946 d=Rose of Sharon perf=11
North Korea 8/15/1946 50ch brn issue=liberation 1st d=Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) perf=Pin-Perforation
North Korea 4/22/1947 1w turq issue=agrarian reform 1st d=peasants
North Korea 4/22/1947 1w vio issue=agrarian reform 1st d=peasants
North Korea 4/22/1947 1w dkbl&buff issue=agrarian reform 1st d=peasants
North Korea 4/22/1947 1w dkbl issue=agrarian reform 1st d=peasants
North Korea 4/4/1950 1w blgrn issue=Order of the National Flag d=1957 Reprint Size 22 x 35 mm, Perf: 10 perf=Different
North Korea 4/4/1950 1w olgrn issue=Order of the National Flag d=Size 22½ x 36 mm, Imperforated perf=Different
North Korea 4/4/1950 1w dkgrn issue=Order of the National Flag imperf
North Korea 4/4/1950 1w dkgrn issue=Order of the National Flag d=Size 22 x 35 mm perf=Different
North Korea 4/4/1950 1w redorg issue=Order of the National Flag d=Size 20 x 32½ perf=Different
North Korea 4/4/1950 1w brnorg issue=Order of the National Flag d=Size 23 x 37 mm perf=Different
North Korea 4/4/1950 1w grayol issue=Order of the National Flag d=Size 23 x 37 mm perf=Different
North Korea 4/4/1950 1w grn issue=Order of the National Flag d=Size 23½ x 37½ mm perf=Different
North Korea 4/4/1950 1w blgrn issue=Order of the National Flag imperf
North Korea 4/4/1950 1w ltorg issue=Order of the National Flag d=1957 Reprint Size 20 x 32½mm. Perf: 9, R… perf=Different
North Korea 6/20/1950 1w issue=5th Anniversary of Liberation from Japan imperf
North Korea 6/20/1950 1w issue=5th Anniversary of Liberation from Japan d=Perf: 10½ perf=rouletted
North Korea 6/20/1950 1w issue=5th Anniversary of Liberation from Japan d=Rouletted perf=rouletted
North Korea 6/20/1950 1w brnorg issue=5th Anniversary of Liberation from Japan perf=rouletted
North Korea 6/20/1950 1w graybl&red issue=5th Anniversary of Liberation from Japan d=1957 Reprint. Size 22½ x 33mm perf=rouletted
... skipping 6805 ...
North Korea 1/20/2021 50w issue=Plants 2021 d=Osmunda japonica
North Korea 2/16/2021 10w issue=79th Anniversary of the Birth of Kim Jong-il
North Korea 2/20/2021 30w issue=8th Congress of Worker's Party of Korea
North Korea 2/20/2021 30w issue=8th Congress of Worker's Party of Korea
North Korea 2/20/2021 30w issue=8th Congress of Worker's Party of Korea
North Korea 2/20/2021 30w issue=8th Congress of Worker's Party of Korea
North Korea 2/20/2021 30w issue=8th Congress of Worker's Party of Korea
North Korea 2/20/2021 30w issue=8th Congress of Worker's Party of Korea
North Korea 2/20/2021 30w issue=8th Congress of Worker's Party of Korea
North Korea 2/20/2021 30w issue=8th Congress of Worker's Party of Korea
North Korea 2/20/2021 10w issue=Symbol of the Eighth Party Congress
North Korea 2/20/2021 100w issue=8th Congress of Workers Party of Korea b
North Korea 2/20/2021 100w issue=8th Congress of Workers Party of Korea b
North Korea 2/25/2021 100w issue=Pyongyang Golf Course
North Korea 2/25/2021 30w issue=Pyongyang Golf Course
North Korea 2/25/2021 50w issue=Pyongyang Golf Course
North Korea 2/25/2021 30w issue=Pyongyang Golf Course
North Korea 2/25/2021 70w issue=Pyongyang Golf Course
North Korea 3/10/2021 110w issue=Natural Monuments 2021
North Korea 3/10/2021 110w issue=Natural Monuments 2021
North Korea 3/10/2021 110w issue=Natural Monuments 2021
North Korea 3/24/2021 30w issue=Fauna of North Korea 2021
North Korea 3/24/2021 30w issue=Fauna of North Korea 2021
North Korea 3/24/2021 30w issue=Fauna of North Korea 2021
North Korea 3/24/2021 30w issue=Fauna of North Korea 2021

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