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Israel - Banknote set of identical serial numbers - 1986-1991 - 0000001377 - Uncirculated - 5 banknotes with the same serial number. You can see the portraits of Maimonides, Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Moshe Sharett and Shai Agnon. 1 Sheqel: Front: Portrait of Maimonides (Rambam); a passage from his manuscript of the ”Mishneh Tora” (code of Jewish law); the denomination ”One New Sheqel” and ”Bank of Israel” in Hebrew. Back: Stylized view of Tiberias where Maimonides is buried; an ancient candelabrum; the denomination ”1 New Sheqel” and ”Bank of Israel” in Arabic and English. Size: 138 X 76 mm. 5 Sheqalim: Front: Portrait of Levi Eshkol; a panorama of united Jerusalem; the denomination ”Five New Sheqallm” and ”Bank of Israel” in Hebrew. Back: Pipe carrying water, symbolizing Eshkol’s enterprise, against a background of meadow and barren land; the denomination ”5 New Sheqalim” and ”Bank of Israel” in Arabic and English. Size: 138 X 76 mm. 10 Shekel: Front: Portrait of Golda Meir; a stylized tree with intertwining branches against a background of seven-branched candelabra and the words ”Let my people go” in microprint; the denomination ”Ten New Sheqalim” and ”Bank of Israel” in Hebrew. Back: Picture of Golda Meir among a gathering of Russian Jews in front of the Moscow synagogue; the words ”Let my people go” in the background in large and tiny letters; the denomination ”10 New Sheqalim” and ”Bank of Israel” in Arabic and English. Size: 138 X 76 mm. 20 Shekel: Front: Portrait of Moshe Sharett; below, in a line legible under a magnifying glass, the titles of his seven books; the ceremony of the unfurling of the Israeli flag by Sharett at the U.N. building in 1949; the denomination ”Twenty New Sheqalim” and ”Bank of Israel” in Hebrew. Back: Original building of the Herzlia high school where Sharett studied; a background of Little Tel Aviv; the denomination ”20 New Sheqalim” and ”Bank of Israel” in Arabic and English. Size: 138 X 76 mm. 50 Shekel: Front: Portrait of S.Y. Agnon; the denomination ”Fifty New Sheqalim” and ”Bank of Israel” in Hebrew. Back: 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. Size: 138 X 76 mm.
