North Korea: 1 chon 2008, km1170, marks [solved]

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Ole

Is 견본 in relief? I have seen this on earlier strikes...but it was never on the die, it was stamped in after the strike . But that was just the South. It makes sense that the North might do it differently. They do the same thing with their pattern, or sample banknotes.

Quote: "Oklahoman"​Is 견본 in relief? I have seen this on earlier strikes...but it was never on the die, it was stamped in after the strike . But that was just the South. It makes sense that the North might do it differently. They do the same thing with their pattern, or sample banknotes.

​Yes, it's in relief, you can see it here, because of the shadows (I don't have the pattern coins, the images are all from Michel Guerin (Cobra):

Take care

Ole

Thanks for that. I'm sure the North does that to have something else to sell.