5000 Won

Issuer	Bank of Korea
Year	1977
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Central vignette presents a portrait of Yi I (1536–1584), the revered Joseon Dynasty Confucian scholar known by his pen name Yul Gok, rendered in intaglio against a fine guilloche underprint. Inscriptions in Korean above and below the portrait identify the issuing authority and denomination. The overall design employs a restrained classical style consistent with the series.
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Reverse description	The reverse carries a vignette of Ojukheon, the historic Joseon-period residence in Gangneung regarded as Korea's oldest surviving wooden residential structure and the birthplace of Yul Gok. The architectural composition is set within a decorative guilloche border with the denomination and issuing bank name lettered in English along the lower margin.
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Protection description	Portrait watermark of Confucian scholar Yi I (Yul Gok), visible when the note is held to light
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