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1/2 New Sheqel Israeli High-Tech
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the large fractional numeral '1/2' prominently displayed, with the Hebrew legend 'שקל חדש' (New Sheqel) inscribed below. A trilingual circular legend surrounds the design, reading 'ישראל' in Hebrew, 'اسرائيل' in Arabic, and 'ISRAEL' in Latin script, each separated by raised dot stops. The overall design is clean and typographic in character, with all legends rendered in raised relief against a smooth field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a stylized tree whose canopy is composed of numerous small triangular and circular dot elements arranged in a pixel-like pattern, evoking a digital or technological aesthetic. The trunk and roots of the tree incorporate circuit-board motifs, symbolizing Israel's high-technology industry. To the left of the design, Hebrew inscriptions appear in multiple lines, with the English legend 'HIGH-TECH IN ISRAEL' inscribed in the lower left field. The composition effectively merges organic and technological imagery to commemorate Israel's role as a global center of high-tech innovation. |
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Issued as part of Israel's "50th Anniversary of Independence" commemorative program, this piece was struck in 1999 to mark the country's emergence as a global center for technology development — a reputation built substantially on the concentration of defense-sector R&D talent that transitioned into civilian industry following successive rounds of military demobilization in the 1980s and 1990s. The Bank of Israel released several denominations in this series, each assigned a different economic or cultural theme.
KM#324 is catalogued as a circulation-quality commemorative, though most examples were absorbed by collector sets rather than general commerce.