50 New Sheqalim Shmuel Yosef 'Shai' Agnon

Issuer Israel
Year 1985-1992
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 50 New Sheqalim (50 ILS)
Currency New Shekel (1986-date)
Composition Paper
Size 138 × 76 mm
Shape Rectangular
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Engraver(s) Eliezer Weishoff
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Reference(s) P#55
Obverse description Portrait of Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israel`s first Nobel Prize laureate, portrayed in a pensive mode against a backdrop of his books. The denomination `Fifty New Sheqalim` and `Bank of Israel` in Hebrew.​
Obverse lettering 50 התשנ`ב 1992 בנק ישראל חמשים שקלים חדשים ש`י עגנון שמואל יוסף עגנון: תרמ`ח-תש`ל
(Translation: Bank of Israel 50 New Sheqalim (Writing in top book - in Hebrew script) S.Y. Agnon (Along Right Edge) Shmuel Yosef Agnon: 5648-5730)
Reverse description A skyline of Jerusalem and an Eastern European small Jewish town or `Shtetl`; titles of 18 books by Agnon in microprint; the denomination `50 New Sheqalim` and `Bank of Israel` in Arabic and English.​
Reverse lettering Bank of Israel بنك إسرائيل 50 New Sheqalim ٥٠ شيكل جديد
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Numisquare ID 2274109100
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