5000 Krónur Seðlabanki Íslands

Bradbury Wilkinson printed the entire P#47 series at their New Malden works under contract to Seðlabanki Íslands, which had taken over note-issuing authority from Landsbanki Íslands in 1961. The 5000 króna denomination was the highest face value in circulation during the 1970s, a period when Iceland was running some of the worst inflation rates in Western Europe — consumer prices roughly tripled between 1975 and 1980 alone.

Designer Halldór Pétursson worked on several denominations in this series. The watermark remains the sole security feature, modest even by the standards of the period.