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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brocster, post: 45498, member: 2744&quot;]<b>One more thing...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Hey again, Spider!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for &quot;sharing the love&quot;.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The link I posted about the token shekels is not what you need.&nbsp; Once I saw the picture, I realized that it was a modern-day shekel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are all the details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/catal/eng/bill_all_eng.htm?series_num=24&amp;series_name=New%20Agora%20and%20Sheqel%20Series&amp;pg_name=c030&amp;pg_kot=1%20SHEQEL" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/catal/eng/bill_all_eng.htm?series_num=24&amp;series_name=New%20Agora%20and%20Sheqel%20Series&amp;pg_name=c030&amp;pg_kot=1%20SHEQEL" rel="nofollow">modern 1-shekel coin</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As for the date, that&#039;s a slightly complicated story.&nbsp; In Hebrew, each letter also has a numerical value (somewhat similar to the Latin method of numbering, where L = 50, X = 10, etc.).&nbsp; You can read all about it <a href="http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/hebrew-numbers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/hebrew-numbers.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> if you&#039;re interested.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But that&#039;s only half the story.&nbsp; The Hebrew calendar is based not on the sun (which is how we track time) but on the moon.&nbsp; Yep, a good ol&#039; lunar calendar!&nbsp; Add to that the fact that the current year is <b>5765</b> in Israel (at least until the New Year begins in September, then it&#039;ll be 5766).&nbsp; Confused yet???&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the image you posted, it looks like your 1-shekel coin was minted in 1981 (Hebrew year 5741).&nbsp; I&#039;m not 100% sure, since it&#039;s a little hard to see the &quot;digits&quot;, but maybe someone else can double-check me on that one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps!</p><p><br /></p><p>- Andrew <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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