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7 unusual facts about Israeli Lira


Binyamin Weinberg

In the beginning of the 1974-75 season, Weinberg was transferred to city rivals Hapoel for a sum of 50,000 and the proceeds from a friendly between the two clubs.

Color killer

Based on information from owners of electricity appliance stores, the report estimated that 90% of those who bought color TV sets also bought the anti-mekhikon device, whose price ranged between 2,500 and 4,000 Israeli lirot (the TV set itself cost 40-50 thousand lirot).

Ehud Ben Tuvim

After being denied the raise, he vented his frustrations with the Israeli media to which the club's chairmen replied that if he wanted to leave, he should pay 700,000.

Israeli lira

Israel inherited the Palestinian pound but, shortly after the establishment of the state, new banknotes were issued by the London-based Anglo-Palestine bank of the Zionist movement.

The coins were conceived, in part, by Israeli graphic designer Otte Wallish.

Paul Kor

At the beginning of the 1970s, Kor painted and designed the last series of the Israeli Lira banknotes, which was the basis for the first series of the Israel Shekel banknotes.

Yadlin affair

In mid-December Yadlin was charged with taking bribes totaling 280,000, as well as other offenses, and was remanded in custody until his trial.


Night of the Ducks

For example, Soviet media claimed that the mobilization was possibly "to divert the workers' attention and to allow the government to insert into the defense clause of the budget 420 million Lirot, more than the previous year".


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