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5000 Won
| Issuer | Bank of Korea |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Size | 142 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | At centre-left, an intaglio portrait vignette of Confucian scholar Yulgok Yi I faces right against a guilloche underprint. To the right, a vignette of the Ojukheon pavilion in Gangneung, the scholar's birthplace, is accompanied by a sprig of black bamboo. The Korean inscription 한국은행 오천원 (Bank of Korea, Five Thousand Won) appears across the upper field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 한국은행 오천원 (Translation: Bank of Korea, Five Thousand Won) |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a full-colour reproduction of 'Insects and Plants', a folding-screen painting attributed to Shin Saimdang, mother of Yi I, rendered in the traditional Korean minhwa style. The composition centres on a watermelon, cockscomb blossoms, and foliage against a light ground. The denomination '5000' and the issuer inscription appear in the surrounding margins. |
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