Description:
Obverse
In the upper left corner the word "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic with the mint year "5718-1958". Below is the face value of "5 Israeli Lirot" in Hebrew.
Reverse
In an incuse trapezoid with rounded edges appears a stylized seven-branched Menorah.
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