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1/2 Lira Bank of Israel
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the large denomination numeral '1/2' prominently displayed in the upper field, with the Hebrew inscription 'לירה ישראלית' (Israeli Pound) positioned below in two lines. Along the lower arc of the coin, a smaller Hebrew legend reads 'תש״מ - כ״ה שנים לבנק ישראל', commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Bank of Israel and the Hebrew year 5740 (1980). The design is clean and typographic against a uniformly smooth, mirror-like field consistent with proof or specimen striking. |
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| Mintage | 5740 (1980) ✡ - תש״מ - 35,000 |
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By 1980, Israeli inflation was accelerating toward the crisis that would ultimately force a complete currency redenomination in 1985, when the shekel replaced the lira at a rate of 10 to 1. The half-lira had effectively ceased to function as a meaningful denomination well before that point — purchasing power had collapsed so thoroughly that production of small-value coins became an exercise in institutional inertia rather than monetary utility.
KM#100 is among the final issues in the lira series before the Bank of Israel began transition planning.