ISRAEL 

KM 106

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
1 agorah 15.0 0.6   Smooth Aluminum Medal
Obverse Reverse
Palm tree, "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic.

 Origin of motif: Bar-Kochba coin (132 - 135 C.E.). Simon bar Kokhba was the last Jewish monarch of Judea.

The denomination "1 new agora" in Hebrew, the year of minting in Hebrew.
 (JE5740 = 1980).

In 1980 the Israeli Pound was abolished and replaced by the Sheqel. The new subdivision of the Sheqel was named Agora Hadasha ("New Agora"). There were 100 New Agorot in 1 Sheqel.