ISRAEL 50 LIROT 1955 P#28b RED S.N. PMG 25 VERY FINE

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ISRAEL 50 LIROT  1955 P#28b  RED S.N.  PMG 25  VERY FINE
50 Lirot
Obverse:  road to Jerusalem
Reverse:  guilloches
Dominant color:  blue
Dimensions:  160 x 86 mm
Date:  1955
Signatures:  David Horowitz, Governor Bank of Israel; Eliezer Hoofien, Chairman Advisory Council
Printers:  Thomas de la Rue, London
The 50 Lirot (Bank of Israel series I) banknote shows on its obverse the road to Jerusalem at Sha'ar HaGai. a point on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, 23 km from Jerusalem, where the road begins to ascend steeply into a gorge between cliffs. During the 1948 War of Independence, this area saw fierce fighting between Arab forces and Jewish convoys on the way to blockaded Jerusalem. To this day, rusted armored cars that were destroyed during the 1948 war line the route to commemorate the war. For the design of the banknote the artist used a photograph made in 1953, when Highway No. 1 (as it is called today) was still nothing more than a twisting country lane.
Right of the image on the banknote's obverse is an oleander (Nerium oleander).
Abstractly designed guilloches are prevalent on the reverse.
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