Number of banknotes: 1

Origin: Asia 

Denomination: 5 Won

Currency: Third Won

Type: Banknotes

Year: 2002 

Composition: Paper

Weight: 1 g.

Size: 145 × 65 mm

Catalog numbers: P58

Obverse: Members of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). The WPK is the founding and ruling political party of North Korea. North Korea’s current Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, is the Chairman of the WPK. The guiding ideology of the WPK is the Juche ideology which was developed by Kim Il Sung and is often simplified as ‘self-reliance’, that the people are the masters of their own destiny.

Reverse: Hwanggang Hydroelectric Dam. This dam is located not far from the Korean Demilitarized Zone. It’s estimated that over half of North Korea’s electricity is generated by hydroelectric plants. Hydroelectric dams are historically important, featuring on the North’s Coat of Arms since 1948 and representative of current and future prosperity.

🧑People: Members of the Workers