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1 New Sheqel Akko
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Weight | 14.4 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly detailed cityscape of Old Akko (Acre), featuring the ancient Ottoman fortification walls in the foreground and the prominent Khan el-Umdan caravanserai with its clock tower — erected to mark the 25th regnal year of Sultan Abdul Hamid II — rising prominently in the mid-ground. Also depicted are the subterranean Crusader Knights' Hall, the White Mosque, and additional elements of the historic Acre skyline, all rendered in fine relief. The trilingual inscription naming the city in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin appears within the legend. |
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| Mintage | 5770 (2010) ✡ - התשייע - Prooflike - 1,800 |
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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.