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50 Agorot Kibbutz HaShomer HaTzair Shamir
| Issuer | Kibbutz HaShomer HaTzair Shamir |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Value | 50 Agorot (0.50 ILP) |
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| Obverse description | Red letterpress print on greenish paper. An outer rectangular frame encloses all text elements, with the kibbutz name in Hebrew at the top and the bilingual date (in Hebrew characters and Arabic numerals) at the upper-left corner, separated by ruled lines. The denomination panel, framed separately at right, reads 50 Agorot; the legend for internal use (לשימוש פנימי) appears centrally between two horizontal lines, while the word מעדנים (Ma'adanim) is placed at the lower-left corner. A spade-shaped punch hole is located near the lower centre of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface; the reverse is unprinted, showing the plain greenish-yellow paper stock. The right edge bears a straight perforation, and a spade-shaped punch hole is visible near the lower centre, corresponding to the obverse. |
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Kibbutz scrip of this type functioned as an internal currency for member purchases at kibbutz-run shops and canteens, insulating the communal economy from outside cash transactions. Shamir, affiliated with the HaShomer HaTzair movement, was among the more ideologically committed kibbutzim to maintain this practice into the early 1970s, by which point most Israeli kibbutzim had already abandoned printed scrip in favour of account-book systems.
These notes were never legal tender and held no value outside the issuing kibbutz. Surviving examples are scarce simply because nobody thought to preserve them.