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Israel - 100 Pounds 1968 - SPECIMEN - XF - VERY RARE
Israel – 100 Pounds 1968 – SPECIMEN – XF – VERY RARE
Sample prints are part of the process of designing and preparing coins and banknotes planned for issue for circulation. The use of the phrase SPECIMEN is usually to indicate a final embossing or printing pattern, although over the years the phrase has also been used to indicate examples in the preparation process that differ in design, colors, captions, etc.
The personal series replaced the character series and this is the first series in which the bank issued a 100 pound note.
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
Number color: Brown
Dimensions: 180X90mm
Condition: XF
SKU: KM # 37s