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The Menorah chosen for the first of the Hanukka coins first appeared on the coins of Mattathias Antigonus, the last of the kings of the…
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The Menorah chosen for the first of the Hanukka coins first appeared on the coins of Mattathias Antigonus, the last of the kings of the…
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The origin of the use of the "Half-Shekel" coin is to be found in the Bible, Exodus 30:11 -1 5. "The Lord spoke unto Moses:…
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The fifth of the Hanukka coins has as its theme a Hanukkah lamp from the collection of the Bezalel National Museum in Jerusalem, an Italian…
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The fifth of the Hanukka coins has as its theme a Hanukkah lamp from the collection of the Bezalel National Museum in Jerusalem, an Italian…
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Hanukka Coin 5724-1963 The sixth of the Hanukka coins depicts a Hanukka lamp from 18th century North Africa. The original is part of the collection…
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Hanukka Coin 5724-1963 The sixth of the Hanukka coins depicts a Hanukka lamp from 18th century North Africa. The original is part of the collection…
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Israel - 1 Lira 1958 - Hanukka Coin "Law is Light" - NGC MS 65
The Menorah chosen for the first of the Hanukka coins first appeared on the coins of Mattathias Antigonus, the last of the kings of the Hasmonean dynasty, 37-46 BCE.
Obverse:
Face Value in Hebrew, "1 Israeli Lira". Below, the word "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic, the mint year 1958 and corresponding year 5719 in Hebrew characters.
Reverse:
A Menorah between two eight-pointed stars. The stars are similar to those appearing on Hasmonean coins in the period of Alexander Yannai. Beneath the Menorah the Hebrew inscription "Torah-Or" in accordance with the verse (Proverbs 6:23) "Commandment is a lamp and the Torah is light."