20 Sheqalim - 2008 - P63 - Commemorative

SCWPM.#63 - TBB.#B441a - Commemorative
Date: 2008 - Grade: Unc. - Sign. 13
Red overprint on back: Sixty years to the State of Israel (in Hebrew)

Stanley Fischer (May 2005 - June 2013)  - Aharon Fogel
Description: Colour: Green. - Front (vertical): Moshe Sharett; flag raising at United Nations; text of Sharett speech; Star of David. - Back (vertical): “Sixty Years to the State of Israel” in Hebrew; Tower and Stockade settlement; Jewish Brigade volunteers during WWII; extract from Sharetts radio address. - No security thread. - Watermark: Moshe Sharett. - Printer: (NPA). - Size: 138 x 71 mm. - Material: Polymer.


Moshe Sharett (Hebrew: משה שרת‎‎) - born Moshe Shertok (Hebrew: משה שרתוק)‎ 16 October 1894 - 7 July 1965, was the second Prime Minister of Israel (1954–55), serving for a little under two years between David Ben Gurion's two terms.
General information: 2008 Commemorative Issues
In honor of Israels 60th Independence Day celebrations, a limited edition of 1.8 million polymer 20 new sheqel notes were distributed to the public printed on the back with the message (in Hebrew): “Sixty Years to the State of Israel.” The distribution was via ATMs supplying 20-new sheqel notes, serviced by Discount Bank, Mercantile Discount Bank, and Otsar Hahayal Bank.
Source: The Banknotebook