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50 Israeli Pounds Chaim Weizmann
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Currency | Pound (1960-1980) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries an intaglio portrait vignette of Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel, positioned to the right of centre against a fine guilloche underprint. To the left appears a vignette of the Wix Library at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Denomination and issuing authority inscriptions — "Fifty Israeli Pounds" and "Bank of Israel" — are rendered in Hebrew, with the date 1973 and the Hebrew year התשל"ג. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed architectural vignette of the Damascus Gate (Sha'ar Shkhem) in the Old City of Jerusalem, rendered in intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral "50" appears at left and right, with the issuing authority title "Bank of Israel" inscribed in Hebrew, English, and Arabic across the note. |
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| Protection description | Profile portrait of Chaim Weizmann |
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