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10 New Sheqalim 50th Independence Day
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | New Shekel (1986-date) |
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| Obverse description | At centre, the State Emblem of Israel — a menorah flanked by two olive branches — appears in the field, with the face value '10 שקלים חדשים / 10 NEW SHEQALIM' inscribed below. The country name 'ISRAEL / ישראל / اسرائيل' in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic scripts is positioned around the emblem. A border legend reads 'שנת ה-50 למדינת ישראל / ISRAEL'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY, 1998' in Hebrew and English, commemorating the state's fiftieth anniversary. The Hebrew year התשנ״ח and the Royal Dutch Mint mark (מ) also appear within the design. |
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| Reverse script | Hebrew, Latin |
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Israel's 50th anniversary in 1998 fell on a date calculated by the Hebrew calendar — 5 Iyyar 5758 — meaning the secular and religious commemorations landed weeks apart, a bureaucratic tension that shaped how the broader jubilee program was organized and marketed internationally. The Bank of Israel issued multiple collector pieces tied to the anniversary, with this gold strike positioned at the upper end of an unusually tiered release structure.