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Description:
Obverse
The emblem of the State, a seven-branched Menorah between two olive branches joined at their base by the word "Israel" in Hebrew. Around, above, the nominal value "Fifty Israeli Lirot" in Hebrew, and below that, the word "Israel" in English and Arabic and the year" 1964" with its equivalent in Hebrew letters.
Reverse
On the right-hand upper sector, a double cornucopia. Between the horns a pomegranate, with grains visible through a split in the rind. The right horn holds a barley-corn and the left a branch with an olive. All are ancient Hebrew portrayals of the Land's goodness. On the lower left, in four lines in Hebrew, the inscription 'Tenth Anniversary of the Bank of Israel".
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