Portrait of Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israel`s first Nobel Prize laureate, portrayed in a pensive mode against a backdrop of his books. The denomination `Fifty New Sheqalim` and `Bank of Israel` in Hebrew. On this special edition banknote the serial number is on obverse only.
Reverse description
A skyline of Jerusalem and an Eastern European small Jewish town or `Shtetl`; titles of 18 books by Agnon in microprint; the denomination `50 New Sheqalim` and `Bank of Israel` in Arabic and English.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Portrait of Agnon. There is also a look-through merging the
two-sided patterns to form a star of David.
Obverse lettering
50
התשנ`ח 1998
בנק ישראל
חמשים שקלים חדשים
ש`י עגנון
שמואל יוסף עגנון: תרמ`ח-תש`ל (Translation: Bank of Israel 50 New Sheqalim (Writing in top book - in Hebrew script) S.Y. Agnon (Along Right Edge) Shmuel Yosef Agnon: 5648-5730)
Reverse lettering
Bank of Israel
بنك إسرائيل
50 New Sheqalim
٥٠ شيكل جديد
