ISRAEL 

KM 137

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
10 shequalim 26.0 8.0   Smooth Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse
The emblem of the State of Israel, effigy of T. Herzl left, title of state in Hebrew, Arabic and English.

Benjamin Ze'ev (Theodor) Herzl (May 2, 1860 – July 3, 1904) was an
Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist who founded modern political Zionism.

The denomination "10" between stars "Israeli Pounds" in Hebrew, the year of minting (JE5744 = AD1984) in Hebrew.

 Alexander Jannaeus was the first of the Jewish kings to introduce the "eight-ray star" or "eight-spoked wheel" symbol, in his bronze "Widow's mite" coins.