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Modern
Denomination
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Symbol
(click on image to view coin)
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Description
and Origin
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25
mil
(April
1949 - Sept. 1950)
25
pruta
(Jan.
1950 - Feb. 1980)
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Cluster
of grapes from a Bar-Kochba coin (132 - 135 C.E.): |
| 1
agora
(May
1960 - Feb. 1980) |
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Three
ears of barley from a coin of Agrippa (37-44 CE) |
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5
agorot
(Oct.
1980 - Feb. 1980)
1
pound (Sept.
1967 - March 1984)
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Three
ripe pomegranates from carving in a frieze found in an ancient synagogue
at Capernaum |
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100
pruta
(May
1949 - Feb. 1980)
10
agorot
(May
1949 - Feb. 1980)
1
new agora
(May
1980 - March 1984)
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Palm
tree from Bar-Kochba coin (132 - 135 C.E.) |
| 50
prutot
(May
1949 - Feb. 1980) |
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Vine
leaf from a coin from the war of the Jews against Rome (66 - 70 C.E.) |
| 250
prutot
(Oct.
1950 - Feb. 1980) |
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Three
palm branches from a coin from the war of the Jews against Rome (66 - 70
C.E.) |
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500
prutot
(May
1952 - Feb. 1980)
10 new agorot
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Three
pomegranates from a coin from the war of the Jews against Rome (66 - 70
C.E.) |
| 1
shekels
(Sept. 1985
- present) |
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Lily
from a Judean coin during the Persian period (6th-4th century B.C.E.) |
| 10
shekels
(Feb. 1995 -
present) |
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Palm
tree from an ancient coin from 69 C.E., the fourth year of the Jewish-Roman
war, one year before the destruction of the Second Temple |
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50
shekels (March
1984 - Sept. 1986)
5
(shekels) agorot (Sept.
1985 - present)
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Coin
from the 4th year of war of the Jews against Rome depicting a lulav between
two etrogim: |
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5
pounds (Sept.
1978 - March 1984)
1/2
shekel
(Feb. 1980 - Feb. 1985)
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| Roaring
lion from an ancient Hebrew seal found at Megiddo |
| 1
pruta
(Oct.
1950 - Feb. 1980) |
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Anchor
from coin of Alexander Jannaeus (76 - 103 B.C.E.) |
| 25
agorot
(March
1960 - Feb. 1980) |
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Three-stringed
lyre from Bar-Kochba coin (132 - 135 C.E.) |
| 5
pruta
(Dec.
1950 - Feb. 1980) |
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Four-stringed
lyre from Bar-Kochba coin (132 - 135 C.E.) |
| 10
pruta
(Jan.
1950 - Feb. 1980) |
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Two-handled
amphora from Bar-Kochba coin (132 - 135 C.E.) |
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500
prutot (May
1952 - Feb. 1980)
1
shekel
( Jan. 1981- Sept.
1985)
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Chalice
from a coin from the war of the Jews against Rome (66 - 70 C.E.) |
| 5
shekels
(Sept. 1981- Sept.
1985) |
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Double
cornucopia from a coin from the period of John Hyrcanus I (135 - 104 B.C.E.) |
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10
shekels (Feb.
1982 - Sept. 1986)
1
(shekel) agora (Sept.
1985 - present)
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Ancient
galley from a coin issued by Herod Archelaus (4 B.C.E. - 6 C.E.) |
|
1/2 shekel (Sept.
1985 - present) |
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Multi-string
lyre from an Ancient Hebrew seal with the inscription "Maadana, the King's
daughter" |
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1
pound (Sept.
1963 - March
1984)
1/2
pound (Sept.
1963 - March
1984)
5
new agorot (Feb.
1980- March 1984)
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Emblem
of the State, menorah copied from the relief of the Arch of Titus |
| 5
shekels (Jan.
1990 - present) |
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Typical
capital of column from the Israelite period (10th-7th century B.C.E.) |
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100
shekels (May
1984 - Sept. 1986)
10
(shekels) agorot (Sept.
1985 - present)
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Coin
issued by Mattathias Antigonus (37 - 40 B.C.E.) with the seven-branched
candelabrum |
