ISRAEL 1984 5000 SHEQALIM P-50a , PMG 67 EPQ .Superb Gem UNC

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ISRAEL 1984  5000 SHEQALIM  P-50a , PMG 67 EPQ .Superb Gem UNC
5000 Sheqalim
Obverse:  Levi Eshkol
Reverse:  water pipe and meadows
Dominant color:  blue
Dimensions:  138 x 76 mm
Signatures:  Moshe Mandelbaum, Governor Bank of Israel; Avraham Yosef Schapira, Chairman Advisory Council
Printers (unverified):  Royal Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem/Netherlands
Date of issue:  9 August 1984
The 5000 Sheqalim banknote shows on its obverse a portrait of Levi Eshkol (1895-1969), third prime minister of Israel from 1963 until his death in February 1969. Eshkol, who was finance minister during the twelve years preceding his premiership, is credited with extensive economic, industrial and infrastructural progress during the first two decades of independence. Also depicted on the banknote's obverse is the Jerusalem skyline, a city reunited during Eshkol's tenure as prime minister.
On the reverse, coupled water pipes, flowing water, and the stark contrast between verdant fields and barren wasteland, epitomizes Levi Eshkol's preoccupation with building the fledgling nation's infrastructure, the highlight being the completion in 1964 of the national water conduit project, carrying water through underground pipes and surface canals from the Sea of Galilee to central Israel and the Negev desert.
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