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100 New Shekels Leah Goldberg
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 2017-2020 |
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| Value | 100 New Sheqalim |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of poet Leah Goldberg at center-left, set against a warm golden-yellow underprint of almond tree blossoms rendered in an impressionistic style. Microprinting incorporates lines from her poem 'In the land of my love the almond tree blossoms' woven into the background design. The denomination '100' and issuing authority inscription appear in Hebrew to the lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 بنك إسرائيل شيكل إسرائيلي BANK OF ISRAEL 100 NEW SHEKELS יָמִים לְבָנִים, אֲרֻכִּים כְּמוֹ בַּקַּיִץ קַרְנֵי־הַחַמָּה (Translation: White days, as long as in summer the rays of heat) |
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Leah Goldberg — poet, novelist, playwright, linguist — appears on Israeli currency only in this series, making her one of the very few women to feature on a Bank of Israel banknote. The choice was not without controversy; her secular, European literary identity sat uncomfortably with certain political factions during the design selection process in the early 2010s.
Orell Füssli has printed Israeli notes since the 1980s, and the relationship has been continuous enough that the Zurich firm handles the bulk of the country's high-security paper production. Osnat Eshel, the engraver credited here, is one of a small number of Israeli artists who have worked directly with the Swiss printer on note design.