Renting a CD for one hour costs 2, 000 North Korean won.
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The regular North Korean won, called " brown " because of its shabby appearance, was marginalized.
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The official exchange rate for the North Korean won against the U . S . dollar is approximately 150 : 1.
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The same year, North Korea revalued the North Korean won, which held greater value than its South Korean counterpart.
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The North Korean won is the national currency, issued by the Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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Therefore, the official currency of the tour is neither the South Korean won nor the North Korean won, but the US dollar.
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This related to the devaluation of the North Korean won in November 2009, which led to a crisis after rendering valueless many people's savings.
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Some currencies, such as the North Korean won, the Transnistrian ruble and the Cuban national peso, are officially nonconvertible and can only be exchanged on the black market.
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The BBC reported in 2009 that in some department stores in Pyongyang, the North Korean won is not accepted; the stores only take Japanese yen and U . S . dollars.
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