Size:

138 X 76 mm.​

Dominant color: ​

Blue.​

Front: ​

Portrait of Levi Eshkol; a panorama of united Jerusalem; the denomination "Five Thousand Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew.​

Back:​

Pipe carrying water, symbolizing Eshkol's enterprise, against a background of meadow and barren land: the denomination "5000 Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" in Arabic and English.​

Watermark:​

Portrait of Levi Eshkol.​

Security thread:​

In the middle of the note.​

Look-through:​

A geometric pattern on the front merges with a pattern on the back to form a Star of David when held against the light.​

Sign for the blind:​

A square in the upper right-hand corner of the front.​

Color of numbering:​

Black.

Signatures:​

Governor of the Bank Moshe Mandelbaum; Chairman of the Advisory Council Avraham Shapira.​

Design:​

Jacob Zim.​

Year:​

1984.​

Date of issue: ​

August 9, 1984.​

Ceased to be legal tender:​

September 4, 1986.​