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1 New Sheqel Akko
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | New Shekel (1986-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse depicts a panoramic view of the historic Crusader Knights' fortress rising above the shoreline of the Mediterranean Sea, rendered in detailed relief against an open field. The trilingual legend appears along the upper and lower periphery identifying the issuer and denomination. The date appears in both Gregorian and Hebrew calendar formats within the legend. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic, Hebrew, Latin |
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Akko (Acre) anchors this coin in one of the Levant's most contested port cities — held at various points by Phoenicians, Ptolemies, Crusaders, Ottomans, and briefly Napoleon, who failed to take it in 1799 and was forced to abandon his eastern campaign entirely. That siege is often cited as the turning point that ended French ambitions in the Middle East.
Bank of Israel's city series, of which this is one installment, began appearing in the 2000s as a recurring commemorative program pairing legal-tender silver issues with specific historic Israeli cities.