1 New Sheqel Wild Goat and Shittah Tree

Part of Israel's ongoing wildlife series, this issue belongs to a program that began in 1996 pairing indigenous fauna with native flora — a deliberate curatorial decision by the Bank of Israel to document species with deep-rooted presence in the region's ecology and scripture. The shittah tree, almost certainly the acacia referenced throughout the Hebrew Bible as the source of the Tabernacle's wood, was chosen with that resonance clearly in mind.

Mintages in this series ran extremely low, typically under 3,000 pieces per year.