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| Israel 200 New Sheqalim 1999 |
Item Code: IL-62
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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. 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. |
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This
picture is for reference only. It may not be exactly the
same image as the one
for sale in the pricelist or this may be a gallery item (not for sale).
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| Original
Size: 138 x 71 mm |
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| Latent
image: |
A triangle in the right-hand
corner. |
| Sign for
the blind: |
Two horizontal lines in
intaglio ink at the top left of the note. |
| Denomination: |
In the top right-hand
corner in numbers, in Hebrew and with the words
"Bank of Israel"; and in the bottom
left-hand corner in metallic gold. |
| Watermark: |
Portrait of Shazar and a
small circle beneath it enclosing the initial of
his surname (in Hebrew) |
| Security
thread: |
Threaded through the paper
below the middle of the note. |
| Signatures: |
Governor of the Bank of
Israel, Professor Jacob Frenkel; and Chairman of
the Advisory Council, Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz. |
| Year of
Printing: |
1999 - beneath the portrait,
in the coloured strip. |
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| Microtext: |
To the right of the main
text with titles of fifteen of Zalman Shazar's
works. |
| Denomination: |
In numbers with the words
"New Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel";
in iridescent ink and in Arabic characters. |
| Optical
Variable Ink: |
A triangle, composed of
small squares, with the apex pointing to the
right. |
| See-through: |
A small triangle printed on
either side of the note; the two triangles form a
precise Star of David. |
| Serial
numbers: |
Once in violet and once in
black which reflects UV light. |
| Designers: |
Naomi and Meir Eshel. |
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| Date of
Issue: |
October 31, 1999. |
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