Description:
Obverse
Upper left is the word "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic and below it the years 5620-5720 1860-1960. Below is the face value "5 Israeli Lirot" in Hebrew.
Reverse
In the upper right a portrayal of Theodore Herzl in an incuse rectangle with rounded corners. In the lower border, center, is the Israel State Emblem and left, in Hebrew, "It is no legend", part of Herzl's famous saying: "If you will it, it is no legend".
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