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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 5007716, member: 87809&quot;]Usually I post messages in the Ancient Coin section, but happen to have this 10 Mils from Palestine under British Mandate (Israel), which I find fascinating because the legend is in Hebrew, English and Arabic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Under the auspices of the British-lead Palestine Currency Board, 59 different coins were minted for circulation in Palestine during the period from 1927 through 1946. Each coin is trilingual, with legends in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. The Palestinian currency was the pound, divided into one thousand mils but the largest coin issued was the hundred mils. The 5, 10, and 20 mils denominations have a hole at the center, don&#039;t know why. Other denominations have no hole.</p><p><br /></p><p>This type was struck from 1927 to 1947; the 1927 is the most common date in all grades.</p><p>The 10 mils coin was issued in copper as opposed to copper-nickel in 1942 and 1943 during WWII so that the nickel could go towards the war effort.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the Hebrew lettering of Palestine &quot;פלשתינה&quot; on the obverse side of the coin, there is a small acronym after it in brakes &quot;(א&quot;י)&quot;, which is shortened for &quot;ארץ ישראל&quot; (Land of Israel), the name used since biblical times to the present by the Jewish People for the geographical area that made up the lands of ancient Judea, the British Mandate of Palestine and later the State of Israel.</p><p><br /></p><p>Copper-nickel, 1927; mintage 5,000,000 mint not applicable</p><p>27 mm, 6.5 g</p><p>Ref.: KM 4; Schön 4; Aharoni 4</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Central hole surrounded by&nbsp; (פלשתינה(א&quot;י • PALESTINE • فلسطين</p><p>and date 1927 in English above and Arabic below</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev.: Around central hole value 10 MILS ١٠</p><p>מילים</p><p>ملات</p><p>encircled by a stylized olive wreath</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1201505[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1201506[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Maybe I should clean the coin a bit, seems to be quite dirty<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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