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| Catalogue | P-60a | | Country | ISRAEL | | Year | 1999 - 2014 | | Value | 50 NEW SHEQALIM | | Material | PAPER | | Diameter | 138 MM | | Thickness | 71 MM | | Shape | Rectangular | | Subject | Portrait of Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888-1970 image made with Hebrew letters of his initials Shin & Ayin), Israel's first Nobel Prize laureate, portrayed in a pensive mode against a backdrop of his personal library. Text from the acceptance address given by Agnon when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966. - An aerial view of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, on which he had a panoramic view from his home; picture of Agnon's writing stand with his pen and reading glasses; text listing the titles of sixteen of Agnon's books |
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