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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2253769, member: 16729&quot;]A friend came across this old Korean Coin catalogue published in Korean in 1984.&nbsp;&nbsp; In it, I found the names of the designers listed for many coins/notes that I hadn&#039;t been aware of before!&nbsp;&nbsp; Way cool.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to a kind person (Dick Johnson) who answered my inquiry about this last year at CT, I know that the engraving work for the 100 Hwan coin (1959) was done by U.S. Mint engraver, Engelhardus von Hebel.&nbsp;&nbsp; Now, thanks to this new catalogue find, I discovered the artist who drew the original design was <b>Kim Ki-hwan</b> of the S. Korean Mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here are some pages from this 1984 catalogue (below).</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder why the Koreans got away from explicitly naming the designers of their currency?&nbsp;&nbsp; You don&#039;t see designer names listed anymore in Korean numismatic literature...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]446237[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]446238[/ATTACH]</p><p>My original inquiry into the 100 Hwan coin at CT is here:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/us-mint-engraver-with-the-initials-evh.241728/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/us-mint-engraver-with-the-initials-evh.241728/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/us-mint-engraver-with-the-initials-evh.241728/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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