ISRAEL 

KM 15

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
250 prutah 32.2 14.1   Reeded Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse
Inscriptions 'Israel' in Hebrew and Arabic, three barley spears.

Origin of motif: coin minted during the war of the Jews against Rome (66 - 70 C.E.).

The denomination '250 pruta' and year of minting in Hebrew (JE5709 = AD1949), two stylized olive branches around the rim. Coins occur with and without a small pearl under the bar connecting the wreath.