1968 Israel 10 Lirot Bialik P35c PMG 66 UNC Blue Number Top 30 graded

10 Lirot Hayim Nahman Bialik


Features

IssuerIsrael 
Issuing bankBank of Israel (בנק ישראל)
PeriodState of Israel (1948-date)
TypeStandard banknote
Year1968
Value10 Lirot (10 ILP)
CurrencyPound (1960-1980)
CompositionPaper
Size160 × 82 mm
ShapeRectangular
Demonetized31 March 1984
NumberN# 201799
ReferencesP# 35

Obverse

Portrait of Hayim Nahman Bialik, also Chaim or Haim, a Jewish poet who wrote primarily in Hebrew but also in Yiddish. The denomination "Ten Israeli Pounds" and "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew.​

Lettering:
10
בנק ישראל
עשר לירות ישראליות
התשכ"ח 1968

Translation:
Bank of Israel
Ten Israeli Pounds

Designers: Prof. Masino Besi, Prof. M. Baiardi

Reverse

Bialik's home in Tel-Aviv; "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew, English and Arabic.​

Lettering:
10
١٠
בנק ישראל
Bank of Israel
بنك إسرائيل

Designers: Prof. Masino Bessi, Prof. M. Baiardi

Watermark

Profile of C.N. Bialik.​

Comments

Series III of the Lira
Jewish and Israeli Personalities
1968


Signatures:​ Governor of the Bank David Horowitz; Chairman of the Advisory Council Y. Chorin.​

Security thread:​ On the left-hand side of the note.​

Color of serial numbering:​ Black and blue. Green (March 1971).

Watermark:​ Profile of C.N. Bialik.​



1968 Israel 10 Lirot Bialik P35c PMG 66 UNC Blue Number Top 30 graded