The Chiwoo Cheonwang medallion series is a new silver and gold bullion option for investors from KOMSCO, the official sovereign minting facility of the Republic of South Korea. The Chiwoo medallions debuted in 2016 in both metals with an initial design that has been tweaked for the 2017 release. The 2017 1/10 oz South Korean Chiwoo Cheonwang Gold Medallion is now available to you for purchase online from JM Bullion with the red label packaging.
Medallion Highlights:
- Arrives packaged within a red assay certificate card.
- 1st year of issue for the 1/10 oz Chiwoo Cheonwang Gold Medallions!
- Limited mintage of only 25,000 total medallions, and 5,000 in this color!
- Contains 1/10 Troy oz of .999 pure gold.
- Original design of Chiwoo Cheonwang’s battle shield on the obverse.
- The new 2017 Chiwoo Cheonwang design with the God of War on his horse for the reverse.
When the Chiwoo Cheonwang Series debuted in 2016, it included a reverse design that showed Chiwoo Cheonwang standing on the field of battle in his full armor suit. He held his shield in one hand and a long battle spear in the other. This image was altered slightly for the 2017 issue to feature his figure on a battle horse instead of standing on the ground.
Chiwoo Cheonwang’s myth stems from a period of Asian culture that is known as the period of 3 Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Stemming originally from Chinese culture, Chiwoo is said to have led tribes outside the sovereignty of the Yellow Emperor into battle against the Emperor and his people.
The reverse of the 2017 1/10 oz South Korean Chiwoo Cheonwang Gold Medallion captures the terrifying image of Chiwoo Cheonwang looking down from the saddle of his war horse in his full battle regalia. Records from Ancient China talk of Chiwoo summoning fog and wind during battle to distort his foe’s view of the battlefield and enable victory for his forces in the process.
On the obverse of all South Korean Chiwoo Cheonwang Gold Medallions is the image of Chiwoo’s shield. In addition to his shield, this face of the medallion includes an engraving of the KOMSCO name and the mint’s latent security mark, a circle with the medallion’s purity (999) inside of it.
Each 2017 1/10 oz South Korean Chiwoo Cheonwang Gold Medallion arrives packaged inside of a red label assay certificate. Flip your certificate over and you’ll find all of the certification information for your medallion. The total mintage of 25,000 medallions is broken out into four packaging colors, with these Red Label Chiwoo Cheonwang Gold Medallions accounting for 5,000 medallions from the total production.
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