50 Sheqalim David Ben-Gurion

This note belongs to the third Israeli pound-to-sheqel transitional series, issued just before the sheqel replaced the pound in 1980 — meaning these circulated for a very short window before becoming obsolete. Israel's inflation during the late 1970s was already severe enough that a 50-sheqalim note would lose meaningful purchasing power within months of issue.

Enschedé's involvement is unsurprising; the Haarlem firm printed Israeli notes across multiple series during this period. The watermark remains the sole security feature, modest by the standards of what Enschedé was capable of producing at the time.