前: 盾徽 (IX.1948, modified 1992)
铭文: (above, state name in English) D P R OF KOREA
(Democratic People's Republic)
(lower-left/right) stylized branches 7 leaves
(bottom, value) 1 WON
背面: Hyonmu (left, legendary creature) looking right
and curled snake facing upwards
above (motto) 주체89 (juche, self-reliance ideology)
铭文: (above, subject) HYONMU
(bottom, Western year) 2000
边缘: P - plain, type: Π