ISRAEL 

KM 139

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
50 shequalim 28.0 9.0   Reeded Aluminum-Bronze Medal
Obverse Reverse

Replica of a coin from the fourth year of the war of the Jews against Rome depicting a lulav between two etrogim, the emblem of the State of Israel, title of state in Hebrew, Arabic and English.

 Lulav is a ripe, green, closed frond of the date palm tree. Etrog is one of several varieties of citron, a citrus fruit of the orange and lemon family (Citrus medica var. Etrog).

The denomination "50" between stars, "sheqalim" in Hebrew and English, the year of minting (JE5745 = AD1985) 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.