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10 Pruta
| Issuer | Israel |
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| Year | 1957 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The denomination '10 פרוטות' (10 Prutot) is inscribed prominently in the central field in Hebrew, with the Hebrew date תשי״ז (5717) below. Two stylized olive branches extend symmetrically along the inner rim, framing the inscriptions and serving as decorative borders consistent with Israeli coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 פרוטות תשי״ז (Translation: 10 Prutot 5717) |
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The copper-plated aluminium composition was introduced as a cost-cutting measure after the original bronze 10 Pruta proved too expensive to produce at scale for a young state managing chronic foreign currency shortages. KM#20a is the later, lighter variant — the parent type, KM#20, was struck in bronze from 1949 onward. By 1957, Israel had already begun planning the currency reform that would eventually replace the entire Pruta series with the Lira-based Agorot coinage in 1960.