Catalog
1 Pruta Specimen
| Issuer | Israel |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Value | 1 Pruta (0.001 ILP) |
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| Obverse script | Hebrew, Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 פרוטה SPECIMEN תש"ט (Translation: 1 Pruta 1949) |
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Israel's first coinage, introduced in 1949, required government approval to replace the Palestinian pound system still in use after independence. The pruta denominations were struck at the Utrechtsche Munt in the Netherlands, as Israel had no functioning mint of its own. This piece carries the KM#Pn1 designation — a pattern issue, struck as a specimen before the circulation series was confirmed — making it a production decision artifact rather than a coin intended to pass through hands.