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10 New Sheqalim Independence - Israel's Space Program
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | New Shekel (1986-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | INDEPENDENCE DAY 2003 יום העצמאות התשס"ג 10 שקלים חדשים NEW SHEQALIM ISRAEL ישראל إسرائيل |
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| Mintage | 5763 (2003) מ - התשס`ג - Proof - 573 |
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Israel's space program was still absorbing the loss of Ilan Ramon when this coin was struck. Ramon, the country's first astronaut, died aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003 — just weeks before this issue's release date. The Bank of Israel's Independence Day series routinely commemorates national achievements, but this particular entry landed in a year when the subject had become a matter of grief as much as pride.
Ramon had carried a miniature Torah scroll aboard Columbia, one that had survived Auschwitz.