A relevant decree of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK was issued on Feb. 10.

The commemorative coins named "The 80th Birth Anniversary of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il" will be minted into golden and silver ones.

Traced out in the centre of the front of each golden and silver coins is the smiling image of the Chairman with 80 points in a circle around it, on the upper of the fringe the letters "The 80th Birth Anniversary of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il" and on both sides of the bottom the figures of years "1942" and "2022" as well as a magnolia blossom.

Traced out in the centre of the back are the Chairman's birthplace in the Paektusan Secret Camp and Jong Il Peak with 80 points in a circle around them, on the upper of the fringe the letters "The Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" and at the bottom the figures implying the fineness, weight and minting year.

The size of the pure-gold coin is 35mm in diameter and 2mm in thickness and that of the pure-silver coin is 40mm in diameter and 3mm in thickness.