Size: 130x72 mm

Dominant colour: Red

Front: Ruins of an ancient synagogue at Bir'am in Upper Galilee;

the denomination "500 Pruta" and "Bank of Israel" in Hebrew.

Back: An abstract design; the denomination "500 Pruta"

and "Bank of Israel" in Arabic and English.

Watermark: Seven-branched candelabrum with an

Imprint of cyclamen.

Colour of Numbering: Black

Signatures: David Horowitz, S. Hoofien.

Design: Thomas de la Rue and Co, London

Date of Issue: August 4, 1955