5 Israeli Pounds Walks of Life - Labourer

Features

Issuer	Israel
Issuing bank	Bank of Israel (בנק ישראל)
Period	State of Israel (1948-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	5718 (1958)
Calendar	Hebrew
Value	5 Israeli Pounds (לירות) (5 ILP)
Currency	Pound (1960-1980)
Composition	Paper
Size	140 × 78 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Issued	1958
Demonetized	31 March 1984
Number	N# 203468
References	P# 31 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: Series II of the Lira: Walks of life

Obverse

Israeli Labourer holding a sledge-hammer against a background of an industrial plant; the denomination "Five Israeli Pounds" and "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew.

Script: Hebrew

Lettering:
5
בנק ישראל
חמש לירות ישראלית
התשי"ח 1958

Translation:
Bank of Israel
Five Israeli Pounds

Engravers: Jacob Zim, Gabriel Shamir, Maxim Shamir

Reverse

Roaring lion depicted on an ancient Hebrew "Seal of Shema" found at Megiddo in Northern Israel; "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew, English and Arabic.

Scripts: Arabic, Hebrew, Latin

Lettering:
5
٥
בנק ישראל
Bank of Israel
بنك إسرائيل

לשמע עבד ירבעם

Translation:
(in seal - In Palio-Hebrew)
(Belonging) to Shema servant of Yarobam

Engravers: Jacob Zim, Gabriel Shamir, Maxim Shamir

Watermark

The face of the labourer

Signatures

Yitzhak Ernst Nebenzahl (YEN)	Chairman Advisory Council
David Horowitz (DH)	Governor

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

Series II of the Lira
Walks of Life
1958 - 1960

Security thread: On the left-hand side of the note.

Colour of serial numbering: Black.

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Other Information:

Top:The three men whose images formed the basis of the subject of this banknote (obverse)
Bottom: The famous "Shema" seal from Megiddo, unearthed in 1903 (reverse)

Under backlight a plain black security strip can be seen:

UV activity at 365nm:

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Date	Signatures	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
5718 (1958)	YEN, DH	$ 1.40	$ 4.60	$ 7.40	$ 9.20	$ 9.80	P# 31a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	תשי"ח	97%
5718 (1958)	YEN, DH						P# 31s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	תשי"ח; Specimen	0.6%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 99 Lot 3485	31 Oct 2023	5718 (1958) YEN, DH – P# 31a – תשי"ח	UNC	USD 10.41 (EUR 9.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 107 Lot 1434	10 Jan 2024	5718 (1958) YEN, DH – P# 31a – תשי"ח	XF (PCGS 40)	USD 28.90 (EUR 25.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 95 Lot 1864	16 Sep 2023	5718 (1958) YEN, DH – P# 31a – תשי"ח	XF (PCGS 40)	USD 39.31 (EUR 34.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 89 Lot 1663	10 Jul 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 15.03 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 71 Lot 3787	30 Nov 2022	Undetermined	UNC	USD 30.06 (EUR 26.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 71 Lot 3786	30 Nov 2022	Undetermined	VF	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 185 Lot 231	24 Feb 2026	Undetermined		USD 34.68 (EUR 30.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 172 Lot 380	24 Oct 2025	Undetermined		USD 32.37 (EUR 28.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 149 Lot 4218	8 Feb 2025	Undetermined		USD 34.68 (EUR 30.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 137 Lot 1636	11 Sep 2024	Undetermined		USD 38.15 (EUR 33.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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