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10 New Shekels The Twelve Spies
| Issuer | Israel Coins and Medals Corporation |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 16.96 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the State Emblem of Israel — a menorah flanked by olive branches — prominently displayed in the upper central field. Below the emblem, the trilingual legend ISRAEL / ישראל / إسرائيل appears in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic scripts. To the left, the large numeral '10' dominates the field, accompanied by the denomination inscriptions שקלים חדשים and NEW SHEKELS. The year 2019 is rendered in both Western numerals and the Hebrew year התש״פ, with a mint mark below. At the lower portion of the field, a stylised cluster of grapes flanked by a fig and pomegranate serves as a symbolic motif referencing the biblical narrative, with the inscription THE TWELVE SPIES · NUMBERS 13 arcing along the lower rim in Latin, and the equivalent legends in Hebrew and Arabic running along the upper border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic high-relief scene depicting two robed figures, rendered in a stylised figurative manner, carrying between them on a pole a colossal cluster of grapes — a direct allusion to the biblical account of the twelve spies sent by Moses to reconnoitre the Land of Canaan (Numbers 13). The figure on the left shoulders the pole from the rear, while his companion to the right faces forward, both depicted in animated stride. A large ear of wheat or grain extends diagonally from the upper right, reinforcing the theme of the land's agricultural abundance. A partially visible large jar or vessel appears to the left edge of the scene. The field is otherwise unlettered, with the entire composition filling the coin's surface to the rim. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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