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1 New Sheqel Medicine in Israel
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Currency | New Shekel (1986-date) |
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| Obverse description | The State Emblem of Israel, a menorah flanked by two olive branches, is displayed centrally in the field. The face value '1 NEW SHEQEL' is inscribed in Hebrew and English, with the legend 'ISRAEL' rendered in Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin script. The dual dating '1995' and the Hebrew year '5755' (התשנ"ה) flank the emblem, situating the issue within both the Gregorian and Hebrew calendars. |
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| Reverse description | The central design features a stylized menorah whose branches are entwined by a serpent, evoking the Rod of Asclepius as the universal symbol of medicine. To the right, a test tube and a cross-sectional diagram of the heart's chambers are depicted, while to the left a syringe and a schematic of a DNA double helix appear. The commemorative legend 'MEDICINE IN ISRAEL' in Hebrew (הרפואה בישראל) and English arcs along the upper circumference of the coin. |
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Issued as part of Bank of Israel's long-running commemorative series celebrating Israeli achievements in science and culture, this piece marks medicine specifically — a field in which Israel invested heavily following statehood, building research institutions and a national health infrastructure largely from scratch during the 1950s and 60s. The Weizmann Institute and Hadassah Medical Center were already internationally regarded by the time this coin was struck.