Size:

153 X 76 mm.

Dominant color:

Ivory-brown.

Front:

Portrait of David Ben-Gurion; the library at kibbutz Sde Boker; the denomination "Fifty Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" Hebrew.

Back:

Golden Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem; "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew, English and Arabic.

Watermark:

Profile of David Ben-Gurion.

Sign for the blind:

A black oval in the lower left-hand corner of the front.

Color of numbering:

Black.

Signatures:

Governor of the Bank Arnon Gafni; Chairman of the Advisory Council David Horowitz.

Design:

Dutch artists.

Year:

1978

Date of issue:

February 24, 1980.

Ceased to be legal tender:

September 4, 1986.