In 2016, the Central Bank of DPR Korea issued a silver commemorative coin to mark the Wonsan Air Festival-2016.
Carved on the central front of the coin is the emblem for the Wonsan Air Festival-2016. There are letters in the lower part of the emblem reading “원산국제친선항공축전-2016” and “WONSAN AIR FESTIVAL-2016”. There are 72 dots surrounding the emblem.
On the central back of the coin is the national emblem of the DPRK. Seen in the upper part of the back are the letters “The Central Bank of the DPRK” (조선민주주의인민공화국중앙은행) and in its lower part are the degree of purity, weight, face value and minting year.
The face value of the silver coin is 20 won.
The size of the silver coin is 40 mm in diameter and 3 mm in thickness.
Its mintage is 500 pieces.
Here is an introduction to the Wonsan Air Festival-2016,
“Wonsan Air Festival-2016” Held
Pyongyang, September 26 (KCNA) — The Wonsan Air Festival-2016 took place in Wonsan City, Kangwon Province.
During the festival, colorful sports and cultural events were held. Among them were aeronautics of military and civil planes, home and foreign parachute players and fans’ parachute descending skill, remote controlled flight of model planes, sightseeing flight and music and dance performance.
The festival was opened at Kalma Airport on Saturday.
Prior to the opening ceremony the participants laid a floral basket before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il in Wonsan City and paid tribute to them.
Present at the opening ceremony were First Vice-Chairman Yun Yong Sok and members the preparatory committee of the festival, air sports fans, working people in Wonsan City, David Thomson Rolands, president of the British Juche travel services who doubles as honorary vice-chairman of the preparatory committee of the festival, diplomatic envoys and embassy officials of different countries here and foreign guests.
Speeches were made.
At the end of the opening ceremony, there took place flight skills of military and civil planes.
The flights by fighter pilots of the Korean People’s Army excited the spectators.
The pilots presented flight skills such as horizontal flight, zooming, descending, corkscrew flight, lowest altitude flight and inverted flight while changing the speed at different altitude.
The flight by girls pilots of supersonic fighters of the Korean People’s Army reached the height of aeronautics.
The spectators were greatly delighted to watch fighter pilots make special skill flights.
Pilots of civil planes admirably presented their skills to add pleasures to the spectators.
There took place a music and dance performance at the Songdowon Youth Open-air Theatre in the evening.
Domestic and foreign parachute players and fans’ parachute descending skill and remote controlled flight of model planes revved up the atmosphere of the festival on Sunday.
There took place an evening gala of youth and students to congratulate the successful festival at Haean Square in Wonsan City on Sunday evening.
KCNA (2016.9.26.)