Description:
Obverse
Face Value in Hebrew, "1 Israeli Lira". Below, the word "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic, the mint year 1958 and corresponding year 5719 in Hebrew characters.
Reverse
A Menorah between two eight-pointed stars. The stars are similar to those appearing on Hasmonean coins in the period of Alexander Yannai. Beneath the Menorah the Hebrew inscription "Torah-Or" in accordance with the verse (Proverbs 6:23) "Commandment is a lamp and the Torah is light.".
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