Chapter III
Banknotes
Page 6
Uncut & Partially Cut
Sheets

 

Sheqel series
(Series V since the establishment of the Bank of Israel)
1978 - 1985

 

50 Sheqel

Obverse:  David Ben-Gurion
Reverse: Golden Gate, Jerusalem
Dominant color:  ivory-brown
Dimensions:  153 x 76 mm
Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands

Cat. # 46e

uncut sheet of 12 banknotes

Cat.
xxx#
xxx

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

xxxxxxSignaturesxxxxxx

Heb.

Civil

46e

1984

Uncut sheet of 12 banknotes

46a

5738

1978

Gafni-Horowitz

11,000

50.00

Frequently, partially cut sheets of 3 banknotes are offered for sale on the Internet. These originate from privately cut sheets of 12 banknotes, and hence have no numismatic added value.

 

1000 Sheqalim

Obverse:  Moses Maimonides
Reverse:  Tiberias
Dominant color:  green
Dimensions:  138 x 76 mm
Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands

Cat. # 49c

RARAV error

Cat. # 49d

HARAV corrected

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

Signatures

Heb.

Civil

49c

1986

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes, RARAV error

49a

5743

1983

Mandelbaum-Schapira

3,610

60.00

49d

1986

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes, HARAV corrected

49b

5743

1983

Mandelbaum-Schapira

3,665

40.00

The vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes were glued at the top to a standard Bank of Israel presentation folder. Because of inferior quality of the glue, the notes became detached from the folder, leaving a yellow mark of different sizes on the reverse of all top notes.

The exterior and interior of all presentation folders containing vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes of the Sheqel Series is identical.

 

5000 Sheqalim

Obverse:  Levi Eshkol
Reverse:  water pipe and meadows
Dominant color:  blue
Dimensions:  138 x 76 mm
Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands

Cat.
xxx#
xxx

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

xxxxxxSignaturesxxxxxx

Heb.

Civil

50b

1986

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

50a

5744

1984

Mandelbaum-Schapira

2,755

50.00

The vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes were glued at the top to a standard Bank of Israel presentation folder. Because of inferior quality of the glue, the notes became detached from the folder, leaving a yellow mark of different sizes on the reverse of all top notes.

The exterior and interior of all presentation folders containing vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes of the Sheqel Series is identical.

 

10000 Sheqalim

Obverse:  Golda Meir

Reverse:  Golda Meir crowded by Soviet Jews outside Moscow synagogue, 1948
Dominant color:  orange
Dimensions:  138 x 76 mm

Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

Signatures

Heb.

Civil

51b

1984

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

51a

5744

1984

Mandelbaum-Schapira

2,720

80.00

The vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes were glued at the top to a standard Bank of Israel presentation folder. Because of inferior quality of the glue, the notes became detached from the folder, leaving a yellow mark of different sizes on the reverse of all top notes.

The exterior and interior of all presentation folders containing vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes of the Sheqel Series is identical.

 

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

 

1 New Sheqel

Obverse:  Moses Maimonides
Reverse:  Tiberias
Dominant color:  green
Dimensions:  138 x 76 mm
Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands

Cat. # 51Ac

uncut sheet of 12 banknotes

Cat. # 51Ad

uncut sheet of 18 banknotes

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

Signatures

Heb.

Civil

51Ab

1988

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

51Aa

5746

1986

Mandelbaum (only)

2,017

25.00

51Ac

1988

Uncut sheet of 12 banknotes

51Aa

5746

1986

Mandelbaum (only)

1,416

35.00

51Ad

1988

Uncut sheet of 18 banknotes

51Aa

5746

1986

Mandelbaum (only)

1,503

50.00

The vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes were glued at the top to a standard Bank of Israel presentation folder. Because of inferior quality of the glue, the notes became detached from the folder, leaving a yellow mark of different sizes on the reverse of all top notes.

 

5 New Sheqalim

Obverse:  Levi Eshkol
Reverse:  water pipe and meadows
Dominant color:  blue
Dimensions:  138 x 76 mm
Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

Signatures

Heb.

Civil

52c

1988

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

52a

5745

1985

Mandelbaum-Schapira

1,630

40.00

52e

1988

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

52b

5747

1987

Bruno Lorincz

incl.

40.00

The vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes were glued at the top to a standard Bank of Israel presentation folder. Because of inferior quality of the glue, the notes became detached from the folder, leaving a yellow mark of different sizes on the reverse of all top notes.

 

10 New Sheqalim

Obverse:  Golda Meir
Reverse:  Golda Meir crowded by Soviet Jews outside Moscow synagogue, 1948
Dominant color:  orange
Dimensions:  138 x 76 mm
Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

Signatures

Heb.

Civil

53d

1988

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

53a

5745

1985

Mandelbaum-Schapira

1,571

70.00

53e

1988

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

53b

5747

1987

Bruno-Lorincz

incl.

60.00

The vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes were glued at the top to a standard Bank of Israel presentation folder. Because of inferior quality of the glue, the notes became detached from the folder, leaving a yellow mark of different sizes on the reverse of all top notes.

 

50 New Sheqalim

50th Anniversary of Independence issue
Obverse:  Shmuel Yosef (Shai) Agnon
Reverse:  Agnon's writing stand
Dominant color:  violet
Dimensions:  71 x 138 mm

Date of issue:  March/April 1998

Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands

Special feature:  one serial number on obverse only (none on reverse)

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

Signatures

Heb.

Civil

58b

1998

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

58a

5758

1998

Frenkel-Lorincz

3,333

70.00

58b.1

1998

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes in presentation folder

58a

5758

1998

Frenkel-Lorincz

incl.

80.00

Vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes were also issued, mounted in lucite table stands, lucite frames, etc. These are all included in the total of 3,333 sheets.

 

Series II of the New Sheqel
(Series VII since the establishment of the Bank of Israel)
1998 - present

 

20 New Sheqalim

Type I - paper

Obverse:  Moshe Sharett
Reverse:  Israel flag raising ceremony at UN, 1949
Dominant color:  green
Dimensions:  71 x 138 mm

Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands

Cat. # 59c

uncut sheet of 12 banknotes

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

Signatures

Heb.

Civil

59c

2002

Uncut sheet of 12 banknotes, ser. # 9001-21000

59b

5761

2001

Klein-Lorincz

68

350.00

59d

2003

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

59b

5761

2001

Klein-Lorincz

144

60.00

59d.1

2003

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes in presentation folder

59b

5761

2001

Klein-Lorincz

incl.

70.00

Cat. 59c - total quantity issued: 68 loose sheets + 214 sheets in sets = 282.

Cat. # 60d & 59d.1- total quantity issued: 144 loose + 150 in complete sets = total 194.

 

50 New Sheqalim

Obverse:  Shmuel Yosef (Shai) Agnon
Reverse:  Agnon's writing stand
Dominant color:  violet
Dimensions:  71 x 138 mm

Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands

Cat. # 60d

uncut sheet of 12 banknotes

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

Signatures

Heb.

Civil

60d

2002

Uncut sheet of 12 banknotes, ser. # 9001-21000

60b

5761

2001

Klein-Lorincz

50

450.00

60e

2003

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

60b

5761

2001

Klein-Lorincz

50

100.00

60e.1

2003

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes in presentation folder

60b

5761

2001

Klein-Lorincz

incl.

120.00

Cat. 60d - total quantity issued: 50 loose sheets + 214 sheets in sets = 264.

Cat. # 60e & 60e.1- total quantity issued: 50 loose + 150 in complete sets = total 200.

 

100 New Sheqalim

Obverse:  Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Reverse:  Peki'in village and synagogue
Dominant color:  brown
Dimensions:  71 x 138 mm

Printers (unverified):  Orell Füssli Security Printing, Zürich/Switzerland

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

Signatures

Heb.

Civil

61d

2003

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

61b

5762

2002

Klein-Lorincz

50

170.00

61d.1

2003

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes in presentation folder

61b

5762

2002

Klein-Lorincz

incl.

180.00

Cat. # 61d & 61d.1- total quantity issued: 50 loose + 150 in complete sets = total 200.

 

200 New Sheqalim

Obverse:  Zalman Shazar
Reverse:  Safed alley and synagogue
Dominant color:  red
Dimensions:  71 x 138 mm

Printers (unverified):  Orell Füssli Security Printing, Zürich/Switzerland

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Original Banknote

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

Cat.

#

Date

Signatures

Heb.

Civil

62d

2003

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes

62b

5762

2002

Klein-Lorincz

47

300.00

62d.1

2003

Vertically cut sheet of 3 banknotes in presentation folder

62b

5762

2002

Klein-Lorincz

incl.

320.00

Cat. # 62d & 62d.1 - total quantity issued: 47 loose + 150 in complete sets = total 197.

 

Set of two uncut sheets of 12 banknotes:

20 New Sheqalim - cat. # 59b - date 5761/2001

50 New Sheqalim - cat. # 60b - date 5761/2001

Signatures on all banknotes:  David Klein, Governor Bank of Israel; Shlomo Lorincz, Chairman Advisory Committee

Year of issue of presentation set 2003

Packed in transparent plastic reel with gold plated caps

 

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

NIS2-12

2003

Set of two uncut sheets of 12 banknotes NIS 20 (cat. # 59c) & NIS 50 (cat. # 60d) of Series II of the New Sheqel, in transparent plastic reel with gold plated caps

*214

750.00

*Total quantities of uncut 12-banknote sheets issued:

NIS 20 - 214 sheets in sets + 68 loose sheets = total 282.

NIS 50 - 214 sheets in sets + 50 loose sheets = 264.

 

Complete set of all 4 denominations of Series II of the New Sheqel

with consecutive low serial number:

20 New Sheqalim - cat. # 59b - date 5761/2001

50 New Sheqalim - cat. # 60b - date 5761/2001

100 New Sheqalim - cat. # 61b - date 5762/2002

200 New Sheqalim - cat. # 62b - date 5762/2002

Signatures on all banknotes:  David Klein, Governor Bank of Israel; Shlomo Lorincz, Chairman Advisory Committee

Year of issue of presentation set 2003

Issued in vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes in individual presentation folder

Packed in plastic wallet

 

Cat.
#

Year

Issued

Description / Varieties

Quantity

Issued

Value USD

Uncirculated

NIS2-3

2003

Complete set of four vertically cut sheets of 3 banknotes covering all four denominations of the New Sheqel Series II, ser. # 9001-21000 - cat. # 59b, 60b, 61b & 62b, with identical serial numbers

*150

750.00

*Total quantities of vertically cut 3-banknote sheets issued:

NIS 20 - 150 sheets in sets + 144 loose sheets = total 294.

NIS 50 - 150 sheets in sets + 50 loose sheets = 200.

NIS 100 - 150 sheets in sets + 50 loose sheets.

NIS 200 - 150 sheets in sets + 47 loose sheets = 197.

 

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