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20 Agorot Kibbutz HaShomer HaTzair Shamir
| Issuer | Kibbutz HaShomer HaTzair Shamir |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Currency | Pound (1960-1980) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed in red on yellow paper stock. A rectangular border frames the entire face, with the kibbutz name in Hebrew at the top and the fiscal year date (in both Hebrew script and Arabic numerals) at the upper left, separated by ruled lines. The denomination in agorot is enclosed in a secondary rectangular frame at the right, while the legend for internal use appears centred between two horizontal rules; the word Ma'adanim is placed at the lower left, and a small spade-shaped punch hole is present at the bottom centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | קבוץ השומר הצעיר שמיר תשל`א 1970/71 20 אגורות. לשימוש פנימי מעדנים (Translation: Kibbutz HaShomer HaTzair Shamir, 20 Agorot, for internal use, Ma`adanim) |
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Kibbutz scrip of this kind functioned as internal currency within the collective economy — members received tokens or notes in lieu of cash wages, redeemable only at kibbutz-run facilities. Shamir, established in 1944 in the Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border, was affiliated with HaShomer HaTzair, the Marxist-Zionist movement that maintained some of the more ideologically rigid communal structures in the kibbutz federation well into the 1970s.
By 1971 most kibbutzim were phasing out internal scrip as banking access improved, making late-issue examples like this one relatively short-lived in circulation.