Israel Series I of New Sheqel Set 6 Banknotes 1985 - 1995 "Jewish Personalities"

Description:

In September 1985 the New Sheqel, equal to 1,000 old Sheqalim, became the currency of Israel. The dropping of three zeros from the old Sheqel denominations was intended to simplify money calculations and to facilitate cash payments and financial recording. The name "Sheqel" was retained so as not to deviate from the original intention of the legislator as embodied in the Sheqel Currency Law, 5729-1969, viz., to preserve the ancient name of Israel's coinage.

The first series included a new denomination - NIS 50. Later on a NIS 100 banknote was introduced, and in 1986, for the first time since the establishment of the state, an intermediate denomination of NIS 20 was issued.

The New Sheqel series continued the trend of perpetuating the memory of prominent personages in Jewish history. The colors and other characteristics of the first banknotes are similar to those of the old Sheqel series. The NIS 20, NIS 50, NIS 100 and NIS 200 notes were printed in distinct colors different from the previous ones in order to facilitate their identification by the public.

The following 6 Israel banknotes are included in this Series II complete Lira set:

1. Cat.# 51 - 1 New Sheqel 1986 UNC - "Moses Maimonides" / "Tiberias"

2. Cat.# 52 - 5 New Sheqalim 1987 XF - "Levi Eshkol" & "Water Pipe & Meadows"

3. Cat.# 53 - 10 New Sheqalim 1985 XF - "Golda Meir" & "Golda Meir crowded by Soviet Jews outside Moscow synagogue, 1948'

4. Cat.# 54 - 20 New Sheqalim 1993 XF - "Moshe Sharett" & "Herzliya High School, Tel Aviv"

5. Cat.# 55 - 50 New Sheqalim 1986 AU - "Shai Agnon" & "Jerusalem skyline & Eastern European small Jewish town"

6. Cat.# 56 - 100 New Sheqalim 1995 XF - "Yitzhak Ben-Zvi" & "Peki'in village and synagogue"

The banknotes shown in the images are the actual banknotes you get.