Old Israeli shekel
Banknotes
The initial series of banknotes in 1980 were for the denominations of IS 1, 5, 10, and 50 and preserved the appearance of the 10, 50, 100 and 500-pound notes which they replaced.

Old Israeli shekel

Section Title: Banknotes
Table Section Text: The initial series of banknotes in 1980 were for the denominations of IS 1, 5, 10, and 50 and preserved the appearance of the 10, 50, 100 and 500-pound notes which they replaced.

Value	Size	Color	Observe	Reverse	Image	Issued	Withdrawn

IS1	135×76 mm	purple	Moses Montefiore with Mishkenot Sha'ananim in background	Jaffa Gate	-	24 February 1980	4 September 1986

IS5	141×76 mm	green	Chaim Weizmann, Weizmann Institute of Science in background	Damascus Gate	-

IS10	147×76 mm	blue	Theodor Herzl, entrance to Mount Herzl in background	Zion Gate	-

IS50	153×76 mm	Ivory-Brown	David Ben-Gurion at the library in Sde Boker	Golden Gate	-

IS100	159×76 mm	Orange-brown	Ze'ev Jabotinsky	Herod's Gate	-	11 December 1980

IS500	138×76 mm	red	Edmond James de Rothschild, and farmers	Bunch of grapes	-	1 December 1982

IS1000	green	Maimonides	Tiberias where Maimonides is buried; Ancient stone lamp	-	17 November 1983

IS5,000	blue	Levi Eshkol	Pipe carrying water, symbolizing the national carrier, fields and barren land in background	-	9 August 1984

IS10,000	orange	Golda Meir	Picture of Golda Meir in the crowd, in front of the Moscow Choral Synagogue, as she arrived in Moscow as Israel's ambassador in 1948	-	27 November 1984

Sentence(s)

Beginning with the IS 500, the size of the notes was 76 mm × 138 mm and the denominations differentiated by color.

final_sentence: Beginning with the IS 500, the size of the notes was 76 mm × 138 mm and the denominations differentiated by color.