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Israel
 
 

 

Country overview

 

 

dînat Yiœrā'ēl Dawlât Isrā'īl

Capital Jerusalem
Population (millions) 7.1
Area (sq km) 20,770
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 26,600

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 27th All varieties 3
Year of the first polymer issue 2008 Proof 0
Number of polymer issues 1 Specimen 1
Current status Polymer and paper Regular 2
New polymer issues expected? Yes Replacement 0

 

 

General information

 

 

 

Bank of Israel

Bank of Israel (Hebrew)

 

 

 

 

Chairman of the Bank of Israel Advisory Council Governor

Aharon Fogel

Stanley Fischer
 

 

 

 

Bank of Israel Annual reports: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

 

Annual reports of the Bank of Israel Currency Department (summaries)

 

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Israel S1 Sheqel 20 no data P64 OF Guardian®

 

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
S1S1 2008 Fogel-Fischer SPECIMEN not given F  B
S1R1 2008 Fogel-Fischer without overprint [P64] €6.50
F  B
S1R2 2008 Fogel-Fischer with red commemorative overprint on back [P64] €10.50
F  B
 

 

Issued on 13.04.08. This is the Bank of Israel's promotional leaflet. S1 designed by Naomi and Meir Eshel. 18.2 million of S1R1 notes and 1.8 million of S1R2 notes were printed.

 

 

Israel, 20 Sheqalim, issued in 2008. Star of David in the clear window. Front: At right, portrait of Moshe Sharett (1894-1965), the 2nd Prime Minister of Israel and one of the signatories of Israel's Declaration of Independence. In the background, picture of the ceremony of the unfurling of the Israeli flag at the UN building on May 12, 1949 and the text from the speech given by Sharett on that occasion. Back: Picture of Jewish Brigade volunteers during WWII and of a pre-State look-out tower. Over the picture, text from Sharett's radio address after his return from a visit to the Jewish Brigade in Italy.

 

 

In April the Bank of Israel will for the first time issue NIS20 bank notes printed on polymer (2008)

New NIS20 bank notes printed on polymer will be put into general circulation from 13 April 2008 (2008)

 

 

Israel to issue new plastic bank notes (2007)

 

 

Moshe Sharett (1894-1965)