Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation

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Korea Minting, Security Printing and ID Card Operating Corporation

Company type	State-owned
Industry	Mint and Printing
Founded	1 October 1951; 73 years ago (1951-10-01)
Headquarters	Gajeong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
Key people	Yoon Young-dae, President
Products	Banknote Coin Passports Cashier's cheques Postage stamps Vouchers and gift certificates
Number of employees	1,562
Website	english.komsco.com

Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation
Hangul	한국 조폐 공사
Hanja	韓國造幣公社
Revised Romanization	Hanguk Jopye Gongsa
McCune–Reischauer	Han'guk Chŏp'ye Kongsa

The Korea Minting, Security Printing and ID Card Operating Corporation (KOMSCO; Korean: 한국조폐공사) is a state-owned corporation which is responsible to print and mint the banknotes and coins and other government documents. Its headquarters are located in Daejeon, South Korea.

Products

The main job of KOMSCO is printing and minting the South Korean currency. Currently the 1000, 5000, 10,000, 50,000 KRW banknotes and the 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 KRW coins are minted and printed by the currency plant of KOMSCO. Also, they produce all South Korean cheques, stamps, and passports. KOMSCO currently produces four bullion coin series; Komsco Tiger series, Chiwoo Cheonwang, Zi:Sin, and the K Series.

External links

(in English and Korean) KOMSCO official site

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