ISRAEL 

KM 18

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
100 prutah 25.6 7.3   Plain Nickel-clad-Steel Medal
Obverse Reverse
Inscription 'Israel' in Hebrew and Arabic. Date palm tree.

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

 

The denomination "100 pruta" and year of minting in Hebrew (JE5714 = AD1954), two stylized olive branches around the rim.