| Size: |
138 X 71 mm. |
| Dominant colour: |
Red. |
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| Front |
| Design: |
Portrait of Zalman Shazar; picture of pupils in an elementary school class. Text from Shazar's address to the Knesset on July 13, 1949, after the Compulsory Education Law was passed. |
| Latent image: |
A triangle in the right-hand corner. |
| Sign for the blind: |
Two horizontal lines in intaglio ink at the top left of the note. |
| Denomination: |
In the top right-hand corner in numbers, in Hebrew and with the words "Bank of Israel"; and in the bottom left-hand corner in metallic gold. |
| Watermark: |
Portrait of Shazar and a small circle beneath it enclosing the initial of his surname (in Hebrew) |
| Security thread: |
Threaded through the paper below the middle of the note. |
| Signatures: |
Governor of the Bank of Israel, Professor Jacob Frenkel; and Chairman of the Advisory Council, Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz. |
| Year of Printing: |
1999 - beneath the portrait, in the colored strip. |
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| Back |
| Design: |
Picture of a typical alley in the town of Safed - a spiritual center of Kabbalists. Text taken from Shazar's essay, Tzofayih Tzefat (Thy Watchers, O Safed), first published in 1950. |
| Microtext: |
To the right of the main text with titles of fifteen of Zalman Shazar's works. |
| Denomination: |
In numbers with the words "New Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel"; in iridescent ink and in Arabic characters. |
| Optical Variable Ink: |
A triangle, composed of small squares, with the apex pointing to the right. |
| See-through: |
A small triangle printed on either side of the note; the two triangles form a precise Star of David. |
| Serial numbers: |
Once in violet and once in black which reflects UV light. |
| Designers: |
Naomi and Meir Eshel. |
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| Date of Issue: |
October 31, 1999. |
