Upper left is the word `Israel` in Hebrew and Arabic and below it the years 5620-5720 1860-1960. Below is the face value `5 Israeli Lirot` in Hebrew.
Obverse script
Arabic, Hebrew, Latin
Obverse lettering
ישראל
اسرائيل
תרך-תשך
1860 - 1960
5 לירות ישראליות (Translation: ISRAEL 5620-5720 (1860-1960) 5 ISRAELI LIROT)
Reverse description
In the upper right a portrayal of Theodore Herzl in an incuse rectangle with rounded corners. In the lower border, center, is the Israel State Emblem and left, in Hebrew, `It is no legend`, part of Herzl`s famous saying: `If you will it, it is no legend`.