KOMSCO arms the legendary Chiwoo Cheonwang with an exquisite dragon-head sword formed in 2.5 ounces of silver Purveyors of some of the most unusual silver pieces on the market today, Coin's Today, seem to have others to join them. They've long partnered with the Korean Mint, KOMSCO, and it's there that the inspiration seems to [...]
The Korean Tiger bullion round returns, and it's brought a doggie friend with it, the KOMSCO anniversary Korean Jindo Now more than ever, Korea, and Korean culture, is rising in prominence around the world. We've all had this country in our everyday lives for a while now, with companies like Samsung, LG, Kia, and Hyundai reaching the [...]
The stackable silver bullion market evolves with a striking Doggaebi design from South Korea It was Scottsdale Mint that first had great success with the concept of stackable bullion coins. What are they, you might ask? Imagine a coin or round that has a high-relief design on its reverse face. You obviously can't stack these on [...]
KOMSCO's Korean Gold Crown bullion coin series returns with striking relics from the Cheon-ma-chong tomb One of the best things about the resurgence in popularity of myriad numbers of new coin designs, is the look we get into the cultural history of countries we know relatively little about. South Korea is one such country. The home of [...]
It was only two months ago that KOMSCO released the 2020 Korean Phoenix silver bullion coin, and now they've added a one-ounce gold version to sit alongside it. This was a pretty coin in silver form and nothing has been diminished in the trasnsition - quite the opposite. The innovative lenticular-style security feature that displays either of two [...]
Along with Chiwoo Cheonwang, Taekwondo and Zi:Sin, KOMSCO's Korean Tiger bullion round mark an interesting peek into this Asian economic powerhouse, one that has only recently garnered increased interest in the numismatic world. The Tiger series has been the least Korea-focused of the selection, but from this year, that changes. The 2020 Korean Tiger round moves away from giving [...]
After a look at the latest in the hit Chiwoo Cheonwang series of bullion rounds just yesterday, we move on to the other major series from Korean mint, KOMSCO. Zi:SIn is a beautifully realised and very loose interpretation of the lunar calendar, using the fable Twelve Guardians in place of the usual animals. Launching in 2017 with Gallus (Rooster), and [...]
Chiwoo Cheonwang is back. The hit KOMSCO bullion medallion series returns for the fifth time with a new design - one sure to please collectors of this series. Depicting a fabled God of War from the regions ancient mythology of the third millennium BCE, Chiwoo (or Chiyou) remains a popular cultural figure on the Korean Peninsula to this day. [...]
The Phoenix is a popular icon in Asian mythology, just as it is in Europe. The Western image of the fantastical bird rising from the ashes of its own corpse is a powerful symbol of rebirth - the growth of the new from the old. In Korea, the bird is known as Bonghwang 봉황, the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese [...]
Korean sport of Taekwondo returns on a second silver bullion round with a dramatic fist-bump While it is the Chiwoo Cheonwang that is the most widely known issue from the Korean Mint, KOMSCO, they do maintain a neat selection of series highlighting various elements of Korean culture and history. Starting in 2019, it was [...]
