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Israel - A pair of 500 Pruta and 1 lira banknotes 1952 - VF - prefix D, Y
A series of Bank Leumi LeIsrael banknotes was issued following the transformation of Anglo – Palestine Bank to Bank Leumi LeIsrael in May 1951.
The new banknotes are very similar to the Anglo-Palestine series banknotes due to the need to print them quickly and on the other hand
The bank has enough time to redesign them. The new currency was called Israeli Lira.
500 Pruta:
Observe: security paintings; The words ‘500 Prutah’ and ‘Bank Leumi LeIsrael Ltd.’ in Hebrew.
Reverse: security drawings; The words ‘Five Hundred Prutah’ and ‘Bank Leumi LeIsrael Ltd.’ in Arabic and English.
Watermark: None.
Signatures: Hopin – Barrett
Number color: red
Dimensions: 148X72 mm
SKU: KM # 19A
1 Lira:
Observe: security paintings; The words ‘one Israeli Lira’ and ‘Bank Leumi LeIsrael Ltd.’ in Hebrew.
Reverse: security drawings; The words ‘one Israeli Lira’ and ‘Leumi Bank of Israel Ltd.’ in Arabic and English.
Watermark: None.
Signatures: Hopin – Barrett
Number color: black
Dimensions: 150X75 mm
SKU: KM # 20A