View of the famous Crusader Knights fortress, seen against the backdrop of the Mediterranean Sea.
Obverse script
Arabic, Hebrew, Latin
Obverse lettering
ISRAEL ישראל إسرائيل
2010 התשייע
10
שקלים חדשים
NEW SHEQALIM
מ
Reverse description
View of the ancient fortress walls, with the famous Khan-el-Umdan caravanseraie and its clock tower, erected to celebrate the 25th year of the reign of the notorious Ottoman “Butcher of Acre”, Sultan Suleiman Abdul Hamid II. The reverse also shows the subterranean Crusader Knights’ Hall, the famous White Mosque and other buildings on the Acre skyline.
Reverse script
Arabic, Hebrew, Latin
Reverse lettering
OLD
AKKO عكا القديمة עכו העתיקה
Edge
Reeded
Mint
מ Royal Norwegian Mint (Den Kongelige Mynt), Kongsberg, Norway (1686-date)