Painter Lee Jung-seop 'Banknote Medal' Released... Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Corp. "Reexamining Lee Jung-seop's Life and Works"

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[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] A 'banknote-shaped medal' that reexamines the life and representative works of painter Lee Jung-seop will be released. Notably, this medal is the first in Korea to be issued in the shape of a banknote.

On the 2nd, the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation announced that it will unveil and sell the first work in the series of Korea's representative painters, the 'Lee Jung-seop Commemorative Medal.'

The 'Lee Jung-seop Commemorative Medal' is significant in that it applies the banknote design technology and engraving techniques of the Minting Corporation to create a banknote-shaped medal featuring the painter's portrait and works.

On the front of the medal, Lee Jung-seop's portrait, his representative work "Children, Fish, and Crab" (1950s, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), the year of issue (2020), and the phrase "A Painter’s Dream" are engraved.

On the back, there is an inscription introducing Lee Jung-seop's life and the work "Children" (date unknown, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art). The "Children" piece was created by Lee Jung-seop engraving drawings with an iron pen on cigarette pack foil and then applying paint, which served as the motif for the banknote-shaped medal production.

The Lee Jung-seop Commemorative Medal is limited and sold as follows: ▲Gold (Au999, weight 20g, 154×68mm, colored) 300 pieces ▲Silver (Ag999, weight 10g, 154×68mm, colored) 2,000 pieces. The selling price, including VAT, is set at 2,640,000 KRW for gold and 110,000 KRW for silver.

The medal will be available for first-come, first-served reservation and sale from the 2nd to the 13th through the Minting Corporation’s online shopping mall, Hyundai H Mall, The Hyundai.com, Lotte ON, and Poongsan Hwadoyanghaeng.

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