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10 Israeli Pounds Hayim Nahman Bialik
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Value | 10 Israeli Pounds (לירות) (10 ILP) |
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| Obverse description | Right-of-centre portrait vignette of the Hebrew poet Hayim Nahman Bialik, rendered in intaglio against a decorative guilloche underprint. The denomination 'Ten Israeli Pounds' and the issuer name 'Bank of Israel' appear in Hebrew script, with the numeral 10 at left. The Hebrew date התשכ'ח and the Gregorian year 1968 are inscribed in the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of Beit Bialik, the poet's historic home in Tel Aviv, set within a decorative border with guilloche patterning. The issuer name 'Bank of Israel' is inscribed in three languages — Hebrew, English, and Arabic — with the numeral 10 repeated at left and right. |
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The 1968 Bank of Israel pound series was among the last before Israel's currency shift to the lira nomenclature was consolidated in public consciousness — and ultimately before the entire pound system was replaced by the shekel in 1980. Canadian Bank Note Company, a firm better known for Commonwealth and South American contracts, handled production; the Ottawa connection reflects Israel's practical approach to sourcing quality security printing wherever it was available, rather than from any single preferred supplier.
The Bessi-Baiardi design team, Italian professionals who worked on several notes in this Israeli series, brought a European graphic sensibility to the commission. Pick 35 is the lower-denomination note in a set that also includes Bialik's name on the 50-pound issue from the same period.