Notes of a Native-Speaking English Teacher

100 Won coin

Lee Sun-sin, - (April 28, 1545 – December 16, 1598, Korean: 이순신) was a Korean naval commander, famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty.

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Yi Hwang (1501–1570) is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger contemporary Yi I (Yulgok).

Face: Yi Hwang, -

Myeongryundang in Seonggyungwan,  

plum flowers "Gyesangjeonggeodo"; 

Reverse: a painting Yi Hwang in Dosan Seowon by Jeong Seon

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Yi I (December 26, 1536–1584) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang (Toegye).

Face: Yi I, Ojukheon in Gangneung, black bamboo 

Reverse: "Insects and Plants", a painting of a watermelon and cockscombs by Yi I's mother Shin Saimdang

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Sejong the Great (April 10, 1397 – May 18, 1450, r. 1418–1450) was the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He used the creation of Hangul and the advancement of technology to expand his territory.

Face: Sejong the Great, Irworobongdo, a folding screen for Joseon-era kings, and text from the second chapter of Yongbieocheonga, the first work of literature written in Korean 

Reverse: Globe of Honcheonsigye and Cheonsang Yeolcha Bunyajido in the background

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Shin Saimdang (신사임당, October 29, 1504 – May 17, 1551) was a Korean artist, writer, calligraphist, noted poet, and the mother of the Korean Confucian scholar Yulgok. 

Face: Shin Saimdang with Chochungdo - A Folding Screen of Embroidered Plants and Insects (South Korean National Treasure No. 595) in the background

Reverse: Bamboo and a maesil tree

 

I hope to impress someone soon with this knowledge. ^^