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Lot #112
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Lot #112
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Israel – 2 Shekels 1982 – Hanukka Lamp from Yemen, Hanukka Coin – Silver 850, 28.8g, 37 mm Yemenite Jewry is one of the oldest…
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Read moreLot #113
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Israel – 2 Shekels 1982 – Rothschild, Israel’s 34th Anniversary of Independence Coin – Silver 850, 28.8g, 37mm Historians of the Jewish settlement in Palestine…
$15
Read moreLot #114
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Israel – 2 Shekels 1983 – Valor, Israel’s 35th Anniversary of Independence Coin – Silver 850, 28.8g, 37mm During the War of Independence in 1948,…
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Israel – 2 Shekels 1987 – Reunification of Jerusalem, Israel’s 39th Anniversary of Independence Coin – Silver 850, 28.8g, 37 mm Jerusalem is truly unique…
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Israel – 2 Shekels 1991 – Kiddush Cup, Judaic Art Coin – SIlver 925, 28.8g, 38.7mm The Kiddush Cup (wine goblet) is one of the…
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Israel – 2 Shekels 1991 – Aliya and Absorption, Independence Day Coin, 43rd Anniversary – Silver 925, 28.8g, 38.7 mm Description of the coin The…
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Israel – 2 Shekels 1995 – 2 Shekels 1995 – 50 Years since the Victory over Nazi Germany – Silver 925, 28.8g, 38.7 mm The…
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Israel – 2 Shekels 2009 – Masada – Silver 925, 28.8g, 38.7 mm 2nd in the UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN ISRAEL Coin Series Legal…
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Israel - 2 Shekels 1988 - Independence Day Coin, 40th Anniversary of the State of...
Israel – 2 Shekels 1988 – Independence Day Coin, 40th Anniversary of the State of Israel – Silver 850, 28.8g, 37mm
On 5 lyar 5708, 1878 years after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans and 51 years after the First Zionist Congress in Basel under the leadership ot Theodore Herzl, visionary ot the Jewish State, the National Committee, headed by David Ben-Gurion, proclaimed political, economic and cultural independece. Earlier, over a period ot 60 years, during the Ottoman period and period of the British Mandate, thousands of pioneers had arrived in the Land of Israel from all parts of the Diaspora in order to work the land and make the wasteland bloom. They established farms and towns and during 40 years of independence, the small country of 650,000 people grew to 4,000,000. As Herzl stated: "if you will it, it is no dream".
Obverse: Face value in Hebrew and English, "1 New Sheqel" on the Silver B.U. Coin; "2 New Sheqalim" on the Silver Proof Coin; "10 New Sheqalim" on the Gold Coin. To the left of the face value on the silver coins and to the right, within the digit "0", on the gold coins, the Israel State emblem, in the right-hand, the mint year, 1988 / 5748.
Reverse: Figure "40". Within the "0" is a depiction of David Ben-Gurion reading the proclamation of independence, national flags and the portrait of Herzi in the background. Around the border is the inscription "ISRAEL’S 40th ANNIVERSARY" in English, Hebrew and Arabic.