NEW SHEQEL: COIN OF ISRAEL
1/2 new sheqel, 2002: State of Israel
Date on coin: התשס״ב — JE 5762 (JE: "Jewish calendar" — also called Hebrew calendar) = 2002 (Gregorian calendar).
חדש שקל 1/2: ½ new sheqel.
NEW SHEQEL.
اسرائيل - ISRAEL - ישראל: the name of the state is indicated in three languages: Arabic, English and Hebrew.
The Emblem of Israel: temple menorah surrounded by an olive branch on each side, with the word "Israel" written in Hebrew.
12-stringed kinnor (harp or lyre) with flower ornament embellished with a line of pearls (the seal of princess Ma'adana).
It is interesting that this type of coin of different years was minted at a number of mints around the world: Israel, South Korea, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Australia... Quite a rare phenomenon in numismatics.
- Aluminium-bronze: 26 mm - 6.5 g
- Reference price: 0.2$
COIN NEW SHEQEL — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- STATE OF ISRAEL (1985-...): new sheqel = 100 agora
About the name of the coin new sheqel (Hebrew "שקל חדש" — "sheqel ẖadash"): in 1985 a monetary reform was carried out in Israel, the result of which was the introduction of a new sheqel in place of the old sheqel. It is interesting that at first the name of the coin was indicated in Latin as "new sheqel", while since 2015 — "new shekel" (from a formal point of view, this is a separate numismatic term).
