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1 Lira
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1963-1967 |
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| Value | 1 Israeli Pound (1 ILP) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the seven-branched menorah (State Emblem of Israel), rendered in high relief, resting upon a stepped decorative base adorned with relief ornaments. The menorah is flanked on either side by an upward-curving olive sprig, symbolising peace. The legend 'ISRAEL' appears vertically along the left border in Latin script, the Hebrew legend 'ישראל' is inscribed along the lower field, and the Arabic legend 'اسرائيل' runs vertically along the right border, all three naming the issuing state in the three official languages. |
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| Obverse lettering | ISRAEL اسرائيل ישראל |
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The Israeli lira was already under quiet inflationary pressure during this issue's production run, a slow erosion that would accelerate through the 1970s and ultimately end in the currency's replacement by the shekel in 1980. This denomination bore the brunt of everyday commerce — bus fares, market transactions, municipal fees — and circulated hard enough that uncirculated survivors are genuinely scarce relative to lower-denomination contemporaries.