Bidspirit auction | Israel - Set of 17


Israel - Set of 17 20 Shekel Banknotes 1985, 1987 Pick# 53a, 53b - Uncirculated 8 of 1987, 9 of 1993 - In 1985, following high inflation, it was decided to replace the shekel with the new shekel. Every 1,000 shekels have become one new shekel to facilitate transactions in the economy. Observe – Portrait of Moshe Sharett, and below it, in line (readable with magnifying glass) – Names of his seven books, the status of the Israeli flag raising by Moshe Sharett in the United Nations Building, 1949; The words ”twenty shekels” and ”Bank of Israel” in Hebrew. Reverse – the original building of the Herzliya gymnasium in which Sharet studied, and in the background – Little Tel Aviv; The words ”20 new SHEQALIM” and ”Bank of Israel” in Arabic and English. Watermark: Portrait of Moshe Sharett. Signatures: Bank Governor Michael Bruno; Chairman of the Advisory Board Shlomo Lorenz. Color Number: Black Dimensions: 138X76 mm