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Denomination: 500 Lirot

Size: 153 x 76 mm.

Dominant Color: Ivory-brown.

Obverse: Portrait of  David Ben-Gurion; the library at kibbutz Sde Boker; the denomination "Five Hundred Israeli Pounds" and "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew.

Reverse: Golden Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem; "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew, English and Arabic.

Watermark: Profile of David Ben-Gurion.

Sign for the Blind: A black oval in the lower left-hand corner of the front.

Color of Serial Numbering: Black.

Signatures:
Governor of the Bank Moshe Sanbar
Chairman of the Advisory Council David Horowitz.

Design: Dutch artists

Printer: JEZ (w/o Imprint)

Note Dated: 1975 / 5735

Date of  Issue: May 26, 1977.

Issuing Bank: Bank of Israel

Series: 4th Pound Series

Demonetized: March 31,1984.

Pick Number: P-042