Shin Saimdang's Face and Paintings to Grace Korean Currency
From Two Chochungdo Pieces to be Used on New 5,000 Won Bill:

Yulgok Lee Yi, a great Confucian scholar in the Joseon Dynasty, and Shin Saimdang, his mother and a famous painter, will be featured on the front and back of the 5,000 won bill, respectively.

Here are the paintings, from Cockscombs and Watermelon:

Here is a portrait of Shin Saindang, from 시.서.화.교육.인격의 영원한 어머니상 신사임당(1504-1551):

She will be the first woman depicted on Korean currency. I rejoice that such an honor was reserved for someone renowned for that most important of occupations: motherhood.