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1 New Sheqel Menachem Begin
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Gideon Keich, Tidhar Dagan Reverse: Meir Eshel, Tidhar Dagan |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a right-facing portrait bust of Menachem Begin, sixth Prime Minister of Israel and co-recipient of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize, rendered in high-relief with fine detail including his characteristic spectacles and suit. The portrait occupies the majority of the field with the subject's name and title legend surrounding it along the upper and right periphery. The bilingual inscription in Latin and Hebrew reads 'MENACHEM BEGIN – NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 1978' and 'מנחם בגין – פרס נובל לשלום', arranged to follow the coin's circular border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This coin was issued to commemorate Menachem Begin, who in 1978 shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Anwar Sadat following the Camp David Accords — a deal brokered by Jimmy Carter that returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in exchange for Egyptian recognition of Israel. Begin remains the only Likud prime minister to have received the prize. He resigned in September 1983, retreating into near-total seclusion until his death in 1992, rarely speaking publicly again after the Lebanon War.