1000 Sheqalim Moses Maimonides

Features

Issuer	Israel
Issuing bank	Bank of Israel (בנק ישראל)
Period	State of Israel (1948-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	5743 (1983)
Calendar	Hebrew
Value	1000 Sheqalim (1000 ILR)
Currency	Old Shekel (1980-1985)
Composition	Paper
Size	138 × 76 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	4 September 1986
Number	N# 204436
References	P# 49 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: Bank of Israel, series V: Jewish and Israeli personalities

Obverse

Portrait of Maimonides (Rambam); a passage from his manuscript of the "Mishneh Torah" (code of Jewish law) in the background; the denomination "One Thousand Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew.

Script: Hebrew

Lettering:
1000

התשמ"ג 1983

בנק ישראל
אלף שקלים

ה"רמבם - הרב משה בן מימון ד'תתצ"ח - ד'תתקס"ה

Translation:
Bank of Israel
1000 Sheqalim

(Along Right Edge)
Maimonides - Rabbi Moses the son of Maimon 4898-4965 (1138-1204)

Engravers: Zvi Narkiss, Arie Glazer

Reverse

Stylized view of Tiberias where Maimonides is buried; an ancient candelabrum; the denomination "1000 Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" in Arabic and English.

Scripts: Arabic, Hebrew, Latin

Lettering:
1000 Sheqalim
١٠٠٠ شبكل

Bank of Israel
بنك إسرائيل

Tiberias טבריה

Engravers: Zvi Narkiss, Arie Glazer

Watermark

Portrait of Maimonides.

Signatures

Avraham Yosef Shapira (AYS)	Chairman of the Advisory Committee
Moshe Mandelbaum (MM)	Governor

Comments

Sheqel series
(Series V since the establishment of the Bank of Israel)
Jewish and Israeli Personalities
1978 - 1985

Security thread: In the middle of the note.

Look-through: A triangle on the front merges with a triangle on the back to form a Star of David when held against the light.

Sign for the visually impaired: A triangle in the lower right-hand corner of the front.

Color of serial numbering: Black.

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Pick# 49a | Error on Obverse top right edge inscription "ררב / RARAV" instead of "הרב HARAV"

Pick# 49b | Corrected Obverse top right edge inscription to "הרב HARAV"
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Other Information:

Left: Due to absence of a contemporary image of Moses Maimonides, this artist's impression is widely used. This was the basis for artist rendering for banknote (obverse)
Right: Manuscript of one of Maimomides' works as it appears on the banknote (obverse)

Uncut sheets are attached in the folder by a strip of glue along the top of reverse side:

P-49a

P-49b

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Date	Signatures	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
5743 (1983)						P# 49a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Uncut Sheet of 3 - Numbered	0.3%
5743 (1983)	AYS, MM	$ 4.60	$ 9.40			P# 49a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	תשמ"ג; Error on Obverse top right edge inscription "ררב / RARAV" instead of "הרב HARAV"	30%
5743 (1983)						P# 49b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Uncut Sheet of 3 - Numbered	0.6%
5743 (1983)	AYS, MM	$ 4.60	$ 5.80	$ 8.40	$ 16	P# 49b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	תשמ"ג; Corrected Obverse top right edge inscription to "הרב HARAV"	74%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 62 Lot 508	21 Jun 2022	5743 (1983) AYS, MM – P# 49b – תשמ"ג; Corrected Obverse top right edge inscription to "הרב HARAV"	UNC	USD 16.15 (EUR 14.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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