1958 ISRAEL 10 LIROT P32c PMG 66 EPQ Gem UNC

Description

1958 ISRAEL 10 LIROT  P32c   PMG 66 EPQ   Gem UNC
10 Lirot
Obverse:  scientist
Reverse:  Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel Museum
Dominant color:  purple
Dimensions:  150 x 82 mm
Signatures:  David Horowitz, Governor Bank of Israel; Yitzhak Nebenzahl, Chairman Advisory Council
Printers (unverified):  Thomas de la Rue, London
The obverse of the 10 Lirot (Bank of Israel series II) banknote shows a figure of a scientist at work in a well-equipped laboratory. In real life, one single gentleman posed for the photograph that formed the basis for the figure on the banknote, not in a lab, but against a dark sheet or blanket in the background.
The banknote's reverse shows a segment of one of the Dead Sea Scrolls found in eleven caves at Qumran on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1979, and now housed in the Shrine of the Book on the campus of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The Dead Sea Scrolls are handwritten and date from a period between the 3rd century BC and 68 AD. The fragment depicted here is a segment from the Book of Isaiah, dating back to the 1st century BC. Also pictured are two jars in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were typically stored and preserved during two millennia.
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