Bidspirit auction | Israel, Bank of Israel, 5000

Israel, Bank of Israel, 5000 Sheqalim 1984 (5744), Levi Eshkol, Israel’s third Prime Minister. The front shows his portrait and a stylized view of Jerusalem. The back shows a pipe of the National Water Carrier flowing toward irrigated fields, a project closely associated with Eshkol. Serial number 6015494655 is in black. This is the highest denomination of the old sheqel series, issued during the inflation period before the New Sheqel reform of 1985. Condition: circulated, very fine, with folds and light soiling.