Israel.

Hallo, my friends.
I want to share with you my collection of Israeli coins. I have started this collection about 10 years ago and now I have rather interesting numismatic stuff from that country.
First of all, I must to tell about the Israeli monetary system.
When Israel became the independent country (at May 14 1948) the First government has decided to make an own Israeli currency. So, at April 6 1949 a new coins with the face value of 25 mils were released (but it were a coins with the date "1948" and with the date "1949" on reverse).
The mintage of a first Israeli coins was not very numerous - 693000 pcs only.
At the same year (1949) Israeli government has released the new types of coins - Lirah. So lirah became the new national currency. 1 lirah = 1000 prutah. This monetary system has existed until January 1 1958.

 

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1 pruta 1949, aluminium, mintage - 2500000 pcs.

 

5 prutah 1949, bronze, mintage - 5000000 pcs.

 

10 prutah 1949, bronze, mintage - 7500000 pcs.

 

10 prutah 1952, aluminium, mintage - 26042000 pcs.

 

25 prutah 1949, copper-nickel, mintage - 2500000 pcs.

 

50 prutah 1954, copper-nickel, mintage - 250000 pcs. Rare year (The cost - about 18$ in XF).

 

100 prutah 1955, copper-nickel, mintage - 5868000 pcs.

 

250 prutah 1949, copper-nickel, mintage - 524000 pcs.

 

At January 1 1958 Israeli monetary system was changed. Since that time lirah was equal to 100 agorot. Allof pruutah-coins were annuled.
The new Israeli monetary system has existed until 1980.

 

10 agorot 1977, aluminium, mintage - 30100000 pcs.

 

10 agorot 1974, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 22040000 pcs.

 

25 agorot 1960, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 4391000 pcs. The first release.

 

Lirah 1969, copper-nickel, mintage - 12484000 pcs.

 

At February 24 1980 Israeli monetary system was changed. Since that day sheqel became a national currency. One sheqel = 100 new agorot.

 

New agorah 1980, aluminium, mintage - 200000000 pcs.

 

5 new agorot 1980, aluminium, mintage - 69532000 pcs.

 

10 new agorot 1981, bronze, mintage - 241160000 pcs.

 

1/2 sheqel 1980, copper-nickel, mintage - 52308000 pcs.

 

1 sheqel 1981, copper-nickel, mintage - 154540000 pcs.