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1 Palestine Pound Provisional Issue
| Issuer | Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Value | 1 Palestine Pound |
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| Obverse description | Uniface provisional issue printed entirely in green, with the issuer's name in Hebrew, English, and Arabic across the upper portion: 'BANK ANGLO-PALESTINE BE'ARBON MUGBAL' / 'THE ANGLO-PALESTINE BANK LIMITED'. Two green guilloche vignettes bearing the denomination numeral '1' flank the central text block, which carries the pay-to-bearer obligation in Hebrew, English, and Arabic, including the value 'ONE PALESTINE POUND / LIRA ERETZ-YISRAELIT AKHAT / JUNAYH FILASTINI WAHID'. The serial number appears twice — upper left and lower right — alongside two manuscript signatures at the lower left, with a date of 16 May 1948 and Tel Aviv indicated in the upper right corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | בנק אנגלו-פלשתינה בערבון מוגבל THE ANGLO-PALESTINE BANK LIMITED بنك الانجلو فلسطين محدود الضان שלם למוכר״ז ארגוון הלאמל PAY TO BEARER לירה ארץ-ישראלית אחת ONE PALESTINE POUND جنيه فلسطيني واحده בפקודת ההנהלה בנק אנגלו-פלשתינה בערבון מוגבל תל-אביב, י״ז אייר התש״ח 16 מאי 1948 |
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In May 1948, as the British Mandate ended and the State of Israel declared independence, the Anglo-Palestine Bank was authorized to issue currency as a stopgap before a central bank and new currency could be established. These notes were overprinted on existing Anglo-Palestine Bank stock — hence the designation "provisional." The window between political declaration and functional monetary infrastructure was narrow, and this issue filled it.
Circulation was brief. The Israeli pound and the Bank of Israel replaced this arrangement within a few years, making genuine circulated examples harder to find than uncirculated ones that never left storage.