Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Corporation Releases Commemorative Medal for 'Cheongja Guryun-shaped Teapot'

Image of the Cheongja Guryong-shaped teapot commemorative medal. Provided by Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation.

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corporation (KOMSCO) has released and is selling the third work in the "Cultural Heritage Returned to Our Arms" series, the "Celadon Nine-Dragon-Shaped Teapot Commemorative Medal."

According to KOMSCO on the 21st, the "Cultural Heritage Returned to Our Arms" series was planned to promote the value of Korean cultural heritage repatriated from overseas to the world and to raise funds for the repatriation of Korean cultural heritage that must be recovered from abroad in the future.

The "Celadon Nine-Dragon-Shaped Teapot," which is the basis of this year's third series, is Treasure No. 452 currently housed at the National Museum of Korea. It is crafted in the form of a turtle sitting on a lotus flower. Additionally, a lotus leaf decorates the center of the lid, designed so that liquor or tea can be poured through a hole and poured out through the turtle's mouth.

The celadon nine-dragon-shaped teapot is said to have been produced in Gangjin, Jeollanam-do, where celadon for the Goryeo royal family was mainly made. It was taken to Japan during the Japanese colonial period and returned to Korea in 1966 under the Korea-Japan Agreement.

The commemorative medal of the celadon nine-dragon-shaped teapot released by KOMSCO consists of three types: ▲Gold medal (purity 99.9%, weight 31.1g) ▲Silver medal (99.9%, 31.1g) ▲Copper-nickel medal (26g), with a limited production and sale of only 1,200 pieces in total.

The sale prices (including VAT) are ▲Gold medal 3,520,000 KRW ▲Silver medal 188,000 KRW ▲Copper-nickel medal 49,500 KRW per piece.

The commemorative medals will be available for pre-order on a first-come, first-served basis from the 22nd to April 2nd through KOMSCO's online shopping mall, Hyundai H Mall, The Hyundai.com, Lotte ON, Poongsan Hwadoyanghaeng, and KOMSCO Orot Diwum Hall.

A portion of the sales proceeds will be donated as funds to recover cultural heritage lost overseas, in accordance with the overseas cultural heritage protection sponsorship agreements signed with the Cultural Heritage Administration and the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation.

Meanwhile, KOMSCO has been sequentially releasing commemorative medals in the "Cultural Heritage Returned to Our Arms" series, including ▲2018 "Korean Legation in the United States" ▲2019 "Gyeongcheonsa Pagoda" ▲2021 "Celadon Nine-Dragon-Shaped Teapot" ▲2022 "Uigwe of the Royal Library" ▲2023 "Bukgwan Great Victory Monument" ▲2024 "Buncheong Sagi Sanggam Lee Seon-je's Tombstone."

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