Israel - 1 lira 1948, SIGNED BY DAVID BEN GURION . l. S/N B752932 Anglo-Palestine Bank Limited  A-UNC. lira Eretz-Yisrael was the currency of the British Mandate of Palestine from 1927 to May 14, 1948, and the State of Israel between May 15, 1948, and June 23, 1952