½ Lira Half Shekel of The Temple

Features

Issuer	Israel
Issuing entity	Pièces et médailles du gouvernement israélien Corp.
Dönem	State of Israel (1948-date)
Type	Tedavül etmeyen madenî paralar
Yıllar	5721-5722 (1961-1962)
Calendar	İbrani
Value	½ Israeli Pound (½ ILP)
Currency	Pound (1960-1980)
Composition	Bakır-nikel
Ağırlık	12 g
Diameter	30 mm
Şekil	Yuvarlak
Technique	Öğütülmüş
Orientation	Madalya Hizalaması ↑↑
Demonetized	1980
Numara	N# 18760
Referanslar	KM# 31 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , ICMC# 42511306, 42512302, etc. Israel Coins and Medals Corporation (https://israelmint.com)

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Commemorative issue

Purim Bayramı - "Tapınağın Yarım Şekeli" Automatically translated

Obverse

(en) Above, the word "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic, and the mint year "5721" in Hebrew characters (corresponding to 1961). In the center the face value "Half Israeli Lira" in Hebrew.

Scripts: Arapça, İbranice

Lettering:
اسرائيل • ישראל • תשכ'א
חצי
לירה
ישראלית

Gravürcüler Gerd Rothschild (גרד רוטשילד), Zeev Lipman

Reverse

(en) A raised reproduction of an ancient silver half-shekel with beaded rim from the third year of the First Jewish Revolt against the Romans 66-73 C.E. In the center of the ancient coin is a chalice. Above it are the two Paleo-Hebrew letters for "Year 3" of the revolt 68 C.E., and around it, in Paleo-Hebrew letters, the Hebrew for a Half Shekel.

Script: İbranice

Lettering: חצי השקל שג

Gravürcüler Gerd Rothschild (גרד רוטשילד), Zeev Lipman

Edge

Sade Automatically translated

Mint

Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)

Comments

(en) The origin of the use of the "Half-Shekel" coin is to be found in the Bible, Exodus 30:11 -1 5.
"The Lord spoke unto Moses: When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel This they shall give... one half shekel The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel when they give an offering." The tax was equal for all, rich and poor, because every person is equal before G-d. Half a Shekel and not a whole Shekel signified that a person cannot obtain completeness alone.

Today, on the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar, known as "Shabbat Shekalim", the special "Shekalim" portion of the Torah is read. On the eve of Purim, the equivalent of a Half Shekel is donated in commemoration of the original Half Shekel Tax.

In the year 5721-1961, the Bank of Israel issued a special Half-Shekel coin (Half of an Israeli Lira) which was legal tender in the State of Israel. Bearing a face value of Half an Israeli Lira, it became an appropriate coin with which to perform the commandment of commemoration of the "Half-Shekel".

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Date	Mintage	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
5721 (1961)	19 939	$ 9.30	$ 9.30	$ 10	(en) תשכ״א	49%
5721 (1961) מ	4 901			$ 11	(en) תשכ״א (Proof)	8%
5722 (1962)	19 890	$ 6.00	$ 6.00	$ 6.00	(en) תשכ״ב	53%
5722 (1962) מ	9 894			$ 11	(en) תשכ״ב (Proof)	11%

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