Sunday, December 25, 2011

Israel P-39

Country or State: ISRAEL
Currency: Israeli lira (ILP)

P-39
Value: 10 lirot
Issued by: Bank of Israel
Date: 1973

Features
 Obverse:
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore (1784-1885), one of the most famous British Jews of the 19th century. Montefiore was a financier, banker, philantrophist and Sheriff of London; 
Montefiore windmill in Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Jerusalem. 

Reverse:
Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem 

Watermark: Sir Moses Montefiore

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