20 New Sheqalim Moshe Sharett

20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett) - obverse20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Israel
Issuing bank Bank of Israel (בנק ישראל)
Period State of Israel (1948-date)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1987-1993
Value 20 New Sheqalim
20 ILS = USD 5.43
Currency New Shekel (1986-date)
Composition Paper
Size 138 × 76 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
205596
References P# 54
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Portrait of Moshe Sharett; (1894-1965), Israel's 2nd (interim) prime minister from 1953 until 1955. Below, in micro print, the titles of his seven books; the ceremony of the unfurling of the Israeli flag by Sharett at the U.N. building in 1949; the denomination "Twenty New Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew.​

Lettering:
20
התשמ"ז 1986

בנק ישראל
עשרים שקלים חדשים

משה שרת ראש הממשלה כב' בשבט תשי"ד 26.1.1954 - יח' בחשון תשט"ז 3.11.1955

Translation:
Bank of Israel
Twenty New Sheqel

(Along Right Edge)
Moshe Sharett Prime Minister From 22 Sh'vat 5714, January 26 1954 to 18 Heshvan 5716, November 3 1955

Engravers: Zvi Narkiss, Arie Glazer

Reverse

The original building of the Herzliya Hebrew High School in Tel-Aviv where Sharett studied; a background of Little Tel Aviv; the denomination "20 New Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" in Arabic and English.​

Lettering:
20 New Sheqalim
٢٠ شيكل جديد

Bank of Israel
بنك إسرائيل

Engravers: Zvi Narkiss, Arie Glazer

Watermark

Moshe Sharett

20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett) -  obverse

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Comments

Series I of the New Sheqel
(Series VI since the establishment of the Bank of Israel)
Israeli and Jewish Personalities
1985 - 1992

Signatures:

Pick# 54a & 54b / Right: Michael Bruno, Governor of the Bank - Left: Shlomo Lorincz, Chairman of the Advisory Comittee


Pick# 54c / Right: Yaakov Frenkel, Governor of the Bank - Left: Shlomo Lorincz, Chairman of the Advisory Comittee


Pick# 54b 1987 with Double Circle/Dot (Obverse| Reverse)

Watermark:​ Portrait of Moshe Sharett.​

Security thread: In the middle of the note.​

Look-through:​ Six small triangles on the front merge with two rhombi and two triangles on the back to form a Star of David when held against the light.​

Sign for the blind:​ A tilted square within a square in the upper right-hand corner of the front.​

Color of serial numbering: Black.

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Other Information:


Top Left: Portrait of Moshe Sharett (obverse)
Top Right: Sharett raising the Israeli flag at the UN, 1949 (obverse)
Bottom: The Herzliya Hebrew High School Building / HaGymnasia HaIvrit Herzliya in 1936 (reverse)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1987  18% (5747 תשמ"ז) Pick# 54a - Signatures: Bruno - Lorincz / Without small double circle with dot in watermark area
1987  15% (5747 תשמ"ז) Pick# 54b - Signatures: Bruno - Lorincz / With small double circle with dot in watermark area Obverse & Reverse
1993  Photo $ 5.70 $ 5.70 $ 5.70 $ 7.10 $ 18 71% (5753 תשנ״ג) Pick# 54c - Signatures: Frenkel - Lorincz / With small double circle with dot in watermark area

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett)Picture 1 of a sold 20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett)
Katz
Auction 102
Lot 1489
Internet Archive
28 Nov 2023 1993 – (5753 תשנ״ג) Pick# 54c - Signatures: Frenkel - Lorincz / With small double circle with dot in watermark area UNC USD 8.65
(EUR 8.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett)Picture 1 of a sold 20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett)
Katz
Auction 95
Lot 1873
Internet Archive
16 Sep 2023 1993 – (5753 תשנ״ג) Pick# 54c - Signatures: Frenkel - Lorincz / With small double circle with dot in watermark area UNC USD 23.79
(EUR 22.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett)Picture 1 of a sold 20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett)
Katz
Auction 87
Lot 1341
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 22.71
(EUR 21.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett)Picture 1 of a sold 20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett)
Katz
Auction 71
Lot 3810
Internet Archive
30 Nov 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 76.79
(EUR 71.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett)Picture 1 of a sold 20 New Sheqalim (Moshe Sharett)
Katz
Auction 59
Lot 496
Internet Archive
23 Apr 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 89.77
(EUR 83.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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