Israel 5000 Sheqalim 1984

5000 Sheqalim 1984 (התשמ"ד – 5744) (© Front: Portrait of Levi Eshkol (1895-1969), a third Prime Minister of the State of Israel (1963-1969). Sights of united Jerusalem. Back: Water supply pipe and irrigation canal and the impact on Israeli landscape (meadow and barren land). The design symbolizes Eshkol's enterprise, the National Water Carrier. Watermark: Portrait of Levi Eshkol. Security thread: Solid, embedded, vertical, 0.5 mm wide. See-through feature: A geometric pattern on the front merges with a pattern on the back to form a Star of David when held against the light. Predominant colour: Blue. Artist: Jacob Zim (Jakob Cymberknopf). Signatures: Avraham Yosef Shapira (Chairman of the Advisory Committee); Moshe Mandelbaum (Governor of the BOI, 1982 – April 1986). Date of issue: 9 August 1984. Tactile feature: Blue intaglio square on the upper right corner of the obverse of the banknote to enable physical identification of denomination of the banknote for the visually impaired and the blind people.​ A square in the upper right-hand corner of the front. Issuer: Bank of Israel. Demonetised: 4 September 1986. Lapse: 1 July 2000. Legal tender: No (1 July 2000). Material: Cotton fiber paper. Printing method: Intaglio. Printer: Johan Enschede en Zonen, The Netherlands (JEZ) ©)

Dimensions: 138 x 76 mm

Catalogue Number: P-50a (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications); B427a (Banknote Book)

Texts: בנק ישראל. Bank of Israel. بنك إسرائيل. חמשת אלפים שקלים. Khameshet Alafim Sh'kalim. Five Thousand Sheqalim.