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The North Korean won is not traded in the international markets. It is traded in the unofficial black markets at around US$1 = 8,000 KPW as of 2019. It is believed that due to the COVID-19 pandemic reducing the (mostly illegal) trading activities with the outside world, the valuation of KPW had risen to around $1 = 5,000 KPW as of 2021.
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New coins, denominated in won, were introduced by the Bank of Korea on August 16, 1966, in denominations of 1, 5 and 10 won, with the 1 won struck in brass and the 5 and 10 won in bronze. These were the first South Korean coins to display the date in the Gregorian calendar , earlier coins having used the Korean calendar .
Korean won primarily refers to: . South Korean won, the present currency of South Korea; North Korean won, the present currency of North Korea; It can also refer to these historical currencies:
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The nominal dollar value of arms exports from North Korea in 1996 was estimated to have been around $50 million. North Korea's foreign trade deteriorated in the 1990s. After hitting the bottom of $1.4 billion in 1998, it recovered slightly.
An airline ticket showing the price with ISO 4217 code "EUR" (bottom left) and not with euro currency sign " € "ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units.
In October of the same year the anchor currency was changed to the US dollar at a rate of 15 won = 1 dollar. Toward the end of the Korean War the won was devalued at 6000 won = 1 dollar. [1] Following that the hwan was introduced as the new currency at a rate of 1 hwan = 100 won.