Currency history
North Korean won
North Korean won: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- KPW
- Ancestry branch
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Where this money came from
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This currency also received later contributions, distinguished below from its origins.
Later contribution
Korean yen / won before the North–South currency separation1947DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
This currencyKPW
North Korean wonNo successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
KDI reports a 2009 exchange of existing notes for new notes at 100:1 while state-set prices were left unchanged. [1]
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“North Korean won.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000122.html