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Israel - 25 lira 1978 - Chanukah from France
Israel – 25 lira 1978 – Chanukah from France
The thirteenth Hanukkah coin shows a menukah from France, from the menukah collection at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. It was created by a Jewish goldsmith in France, in the fourteenth century, on the back wall, reminiscent of the exterior of a Gothic cathedral, twelve gates symbolizing the gates of the Temple in Jerusalem and the twelve tribes of Israel
obverse:
In the center – the nominal value "25 lirat", and on the rim, below, in a semicircle, the inscription "Israel" in Hebrew, Arabic and Latin letters, and the year "1978".
Reverse of the coin:
The menorah is from France. In the language, on the right, an inscription in Hebrew
"Menorah from France. 14th century".