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Size:

138 X 71 mm.

Dominant colour:

Green.

Front

Design:

Portrait of Moshe Sharett; picture of the ceremony of the unfurling of the Israeli flag at the UN building on May 12, 1949; text from the speech given by Sharett on that occasion.

Latent image:

A triangle in the right-hand corner.

Sign for the blind:

Two vertical lines in intaglio ink at the top left of the note.

Denomination:

In the top right-hand corner in numbers, in Hebrew and with the words "Bank of Israel"; and in the bottom left-hand corner in metallic gold.

Watermark:

Portrait of Sharett and a small circle beneath it enclosing the initial of his surname (in Hebrew).

Security thread:

Threaded through the paper below the middle of the note.

Back

Design:

Picture of Jewish Brigade volunteers during WW II and of a pre-State look-out tower; text from Sharett's radio address after his return from a visit to the Jewish Brigade in Italy.

Microtext:

To the right of the main text with titles of seven books written by Moshe Sharett.

Denomination:

In numbers with the words "New Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel"; in iridescent ink and in Arabic characters.

Optical Variable Ink:

A triangle composed of small squares, with the apex pointing to the right.

See-through:

A small triangle printed on either side of the note; the two triangles form a precise Star of David.

Serial numbers:

Once in olive-green and once in black which reflects UV light.

Designers:

Naomi Rosner and Meir Eshel.

Date of Issue:

January 3, 1999.