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1/2 New Sheqel Hanukkah - Early American Lamp
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Shape | Dodecagonal (12-sided) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1/2 NEW SHEQEL שקל חדש اسرائيل ISRAEL התשנ`ה ישראל HANUKKAH חנוכה |
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| Reverse lettering | EARLY AMERICAN HANUKKAH LAMP חנוקיה קדומה מאה`ב |
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Israel's annual Hanukkah coin series, running since 1958, documents a different historical lamp type each year, drawing from museum collections and archaeological finds across the Jewish diaspora. The 1996 issue features a lamp style associated with early American Jewish communities — a reminder that the series is as much an exercise in ethnographic documentation as it is a coinage program. Production was handled by the Israel Mint in Jerusalem.