'Money Shower Kkumdori' Returns with 50,000-Won Banknote Material Inside

[Financial News, Daejeon = Reporter Kim Won-jun] Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation is introducing playful, three-dimensional currency merchandise made in collaboration with Daejeon Metropolitan City's signature character, Kkumdori, using by-products generated during the currency-manufacturing process.
 KOMSCO unveiled the eco-friendly upcycled merchandise, the Money Shower Kkumdori Key Ring, for the first time on the Tumblbug crowdfunding platform on the 29th. The product combines Daejeon's symbolic character Kkumdori with currency by-products.
 The new product is the first result of a memorandum of understanding signed in January by KOMSCO, Daejeon Metropolitan City and the Daejeon Tourism Organization on the commercialization and joint branding of currency merchandise using the Kkumssi Family. It was created through a collaboration between Kkumdori, Daejeon's symbolic character, and KOMSCO's eco-friendly upcycling brand, Moneymade.
 The Money Shower Kkumdori Key Ring is based on a playful story in which banknote by-products turn golden after being hit by a shower of money. It wittily conveys wishes for abundance and good fortune.
 The main body is a three-dimensional figure in a gold metallic color, with a lightning-shaped acrylic charm attached. The charm contains banknote by-products equivalent to those from one actual 50,000-won banknote, adding both originality and rarity.
 The Tumblbug crowdfunding campaign will begin with advance notification sign-ups on the 29th of this month, followed by the main campaign from the 13th through the 27th of next month. After the campaign ends, the product will go on official sale at Daejeon retail locations, including the Good Fun City Daejeon Promotional Center and Kkumdori House, as well as the KOMSCO Currency Museum and KOMSCO's official online store.
 Sung Chang-hoon, president of KOMSCO, said, "By combining Daejeon's signature character Kkumdori with KOMSCO's banknote by-products, we have captured both the city's symbolism and the new value of currency." He added, "We expect that currency merchandise, which allows people to casually keep and give good luck as a gift in everyday life, will naturally convey the meaning of upcycling banknote by-products."   Meanwhile, currency by-products generated during banknote production or disposal after reaching the end of their service life have generally been incinerated or landfilled, or used as construction-material reinforcements and fuel. KOMSCO, however, is turning discarded currency by-products into high-value merchandise enhanced with stories and design, creating both environmental and commercial value.

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