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Israel - 5 banknotes of 5, 10, 50, 100 Lirot 1968
Israel – 5 banknotes of 5, 10, 50, 100 Lirot 1968
The personal series replaced the character series and this is the first series in which the bank issued a 100 pound note.
5 Lirot:
Observe: Portrait of the scientist Albert Einshain, the number 5 in the three corners and the center, the caption
Five Israeli pounds and the date of 1968 – התשכ"ח.The caption in Hebrew is the Bank of Israel and below five Israeli pounds
Reserve: Nuclear reactor in Nahal Sorek, with the Bank of Israel caption in Hebrew, Arabic and English,
the number 5 in the four corners of the banknote also in Arabic And the bill number twice.
Watermark: Einstein profiled
Signatures: Bank Governor David Horowitz, Chairman of the Advisory Board Y. Horin
10 Lirot:
Observe: Portrait of the poet Haim Nachman Bialik, with The reddish flower, the number 10 on both corners of the banknote
and the center, the caption of ten Israeli pounds and the date of 1968 – התשכ"ח.
The caption in Hebrew is the Bank of Israel and in the center ten Israeli pounds.
Reverse: an illustration of the Bialik House and the garden in front, the Bank of Israel inscription in Hebrew, Arabic and English,
the number 10 in three corners of the note also in Arabic and the note number twice.
Watermark: Bialik profiled.
Signatures: Bank Governor David Horowitz, Chairman of the Advisory Board Y. Horin
Number color: Black, Green and Blue
Dimensions: 160X82mm
50 Lirot:
Observe: Portrait of Israel’s first president Haim Weizman against abstract paintings, the number 50 in the two corners
of the banknote and the center, the caption fifty Israeli pounds and the date of 1968 – התשכ"ח.
The caption is in Hebrew above Bank of Israel and in the center fifty Israeli pounds.
Reverse: Illustration of the Knesset of Israel, the Bank of Israel caption in Hebrew, Arabic and English, the number 50 in three corners of the banknote also in Arabic and the banknote twice.
Watermark: Weitzman profiled.
Signatures: Bank Governor David Horowitz, Chairman of the Advisory Board Y. Horin
Number color: Black and Blue
Dimensions: 170X85mm
100 Lirot:
Observe: Portrait of State Contractor Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl, Abstract Paintings and a palmTree, the number 100 in both corners
of the banknote and center, The caption one hundred Israeli pounds and the date of 1968 – התשכ"ח. The Hebrew caption above
the Bank of Israel and in the center one hundred Israeli pounds.
Reserve: State emblem surounded by the 12 tribes, Bank of Israel caption in Hebrew, Arabic and English, the number 100 in three
corners of the banknote also in Arabic and in the center, and the banknote number twice.
Watermark: Herzl profiled.
Signatures: Governor of the Bank David Horowitz, Chairman of the Advisory Board Y. Horin
Dimensions: 180X90mm
SKU: KM # 37a