North Korean Won (KPW) Currency Exchange Rate Conversion Calculator
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Enter the amount to be converted in the box to the left of the
currency and press the "convert" button. To show North Korean Won and
just one other currency click on any other currency.
North Korean won are intended exclusively for North Korean citizens,
and the Bank of Trade (무역은행) issued a separate currency (or foreign
exchange certificates) for visitors, like many other socialist states.
A news item involving North Korean won was featured on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the In The News section on 3 December 2009.
worth more in North Korean won on the black market than officially.
This is also apparent when one examines the dates of issue or series
of the different denominations of banknotes. One
South Korean won (as of 25 May 2010) is equal to 0.
North Korean Won Plunges 96% After Government Revaluation
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By Bomi Lim
Dec.
1 North Korean Won is equal to:
Europe
Albanian Lek
0.1233
Belarus Ruble
3
British Pound
0.
The North Korean won, denoted by KPW, is the official currency used in
North Korea. Since December 2001, the North Korean government has
abandoned the rate of 2.16 won to the dollar (of which the root is Kim
Jong-il's birthday, February 16).
North Korean Won is ...
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... part of the Currencies subject.
North Korean won served not as money at all, but purely as an
accounting unit.
North Korean residents didn’t need money because all their needs were
met by the state distribution system - one of the most complete
anywhere in the Communist world.
North Korean WonThe wŏn became the currency of North Korea on December
6, 1947, replacing the Korean yen that was still in circulation. It
was revalued at a rate of one hundred to one in 1959.
North Korean Won, devalued Won revalued, one ton tomato, NK Won
devalued, NK inflation Won EXTERNAL LINKS
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12... FLAG THIS LINK
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
North Korean won - the basic unit of money in North KoreawonNorth
Korean monetary unit - monetary unit in North Koreachon - 100 chon
equal 1 won in North Korea
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