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Israel - Set of 4 sheets, 3 banknoes of 20, 50, 100 and 200 Sheqel 2001 - UNC - Rare
20 shekels:
Front: Portrait of Moshe Sharett, picture of the ceremony of the rising of the israli flag at the UN building on May 12, 1949, and text from the speach he gave on that occation.
Back: picture of a lookout tower of a Towerand Stockade settelment and jewish Brigade volunteers during WW2, an excerpt from Sharret’s radio address after his return from a visit to the jewish Brigade in Italy, lists of the seven books wrriten by Sharret.
50 shekels:
Fron side: Portrait of S.Y. Agnon; the denomination "Fifty New Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew.
Back side: A skyline of Jerusalem and a Jewish townlet in Eastern Europe; titles of 18 books by Agnon in microprint; the denomination "50 New Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" in Arabic and English.
100 shekels:
Front: Portrait of Itzhak Ben-Zvi; picture of the interior of the wooden structure which served as the President’s residence; text from the speech given by Ben-Zvi at the first assembly of the Yemenite community held at his residence in 1953.
Back: Picture of synagogue in the Galilee village of Peki’in, and a view of Peki’in; text from Ben-Zvi’s speech at the inauguration for his second term.
200 shekels:
Front side: Portrait of Zalman Shazar; picture of pupils in an elementary school class. Text from Shazar’s address to the Knesset on July 13, 1949, after the Compulsory Education Law was passed.
Back side: Picture of a typical alley in the town of Safed – a spiritual center of Kabbalists. Text taken from Shazar’s essay, Tzofayih Tzefat (Thy Watchers, O Safed), first published in 1950.