north korean banknotes modern reprint [solved]

hi,i was doing an album for north korean notes when i saw that the 1947 series has two varieties(one with watermark and the other without that is being classified as modern reprint).So i asked myself if the modern reprint ones are considered legit(that means printed by the N.K central bank) or simple copies.If anyone have one with watermark can you show me what the watermark looks like?and what is the history behind that.thanks

You have a picture of the watermark here: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note204133.html

hi,thanks for your help,however i'm still confused about the history of these notes.Do you have some info about it?

The first circulating series of NK was the 1947 series. The original series, with watermark, was printed by the Soviet Union. In the 1990's the NK government realised that there were very few remaining banknotes of this series, which had made them extremly expensive. So the government decided to make an enormous amount of reprints with the only reason to make a large profit from foreign collectors.

In other words, the reprints were only made for a profitable reason by the NK government.

Thank you for the informations i really appreciate your reply.

Glad I could help.

ngdawa
Will you add that info in the comment section of that page? Nice extra information that should not be lost in the entrails of the forum

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​Will you add that info in the comment section of that page? Nice extra information that should not be lost in the entrails of the forum

​Yeah, sure! I'll add it right away.

I have one theory, which I yet haven't been able to confirm, but this that the original series of 1947 had a serial number where the first letter is a vowel. Again, I have not been able to confirm this.

I have a 5 won and a 100 won with watermark, which was found amlng my grandfathers stuff some 5 years ago (he passed in 2001). He was on a peace mission by the a UN and was stationed by the border in the early 1950's. Apparently he also was is the north. Anyways, both of these has a vowel as the first letter in the serial number.

I've done some research and found that most of them has a vowel as the first letter. By "most" I mean that some sellers claim their notes has a watermark, but it's impossible to confirm on just a picture.

If someone gets curious to make their own research, the vowels looks like this: ㅏㅑㅓㅕㅗㅛㅜㅠㅣㅡ