(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The new Palestine currency will be issued this year, an official announcement published here today states. The coins will bear only an olive wreath and the names of the denominations in the three official languages. Banknotes will also have pictorial decorations.
The coins will have beaded edges in imiation of the ancient currency. Barclay’s bank will be the agent of the controlling currency board.
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