ISRAEL 

KM 11

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
10 prutah 27.0 6.1   Smooth Bronze Medal
Obverse Reverse
Inscriptions "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic. Two-handled amphora.

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

 with pearl

without pearl

 

The denomination "10 Pruta" and year of minting in Hebrew (JE5709 = 1949),  two stylized olive branches around the rim. Coins occur with and without a small pearl under the bar connecting the wreath.