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| Catalogue | P-57a | | Country | ISRAEL | | Year | 1991 - 1994 | | Value | 200 NEW SHEQALIM | | Material | PAPER | | Diameter | 138 MM | | Thickness | 76 MM | | Shape | Rectangular | | Subject | Portrait of Zalman Shazar (1889-1974), politician, author, poet, journalist, and Israel's third president. Shazar's lifelong preoccupation with education is reflected by the Candelabrum formed from the DNA molecule, as a symbol of the progress of science. In the background - the poem "compulsory education law" written by Natan Alterman in 1949; the denomination "Two Hundred New Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew - A young pupil girl writing while leaning over a table; Hebrew characters floating around her, symbolizing Shazar's efforts during his tenure as minister of education to reform Israel's education system, culminating in the compulsory education law of 1949; the denomination "Two Hundred New Sheqalim" and "Bank of Israel" in Arabic and English |
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