Israel - 50 New Sheqalim 1985 - Series A - S.Y. Agnon - Pick# 55a - AU

Israel - 50 New Sheqalim 1985 - Series A - S.Y. Agnon - Pick# 55a - AU A 1985 Bank of Israel 50 New Sheqalim banknote from Series A of the New Sheqel, honoring S.Y. Agnon, one of the foremost Hebrew writers and a Nobel Prize laureate in Literature. This denomination was among the first issued following the introduction of the New Sheqel in 1985. Obverse: Portrait of S.Y. Agnon writing, accompanied by books and manuscripts. Hebrew inscriptions "בנק ישראל" ("Bank of Israel") and "חמישים שקלים חדשים" ("Fifty New Sheqalim"), with denomination 50. Reverse: A composition combining the Jerusalem skyline with an Eastern European Jewish town, together with titles of Agnon's works in microprint. Denomination 50 and "BANK OF ISRAEL" in English and Arabic. Watermark: Portrait of S.Y. Agnon. Signatures: Moshe Mandelbaum - Governor of the Bank of Israel; Avraham Shapira - Chairman of the Advisory Council. Serial Number: 1126394253. Dimensions: 138x76 mm. Catalog: Pick# 55a.