Catalog
100 Pruta
| Issuer | Israel |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Value | 100 Prutas (100 פרוטות) (0.100 ILP) |
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| Obverse description | A stylized date palm tree occupies the central field, its fronds spreading symmetrically to either side. The country name appears in Hebrew script above the palm and in Arabic script below, flanking the trunk. The design is rendered in low relief against a flat field, with a reeded border encircling the entire face. |
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| Reverse script | Hebrew |
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Israel's early coinage program was complicated by a deliberate policy decision to avoid any imagery that might provoke religious controversy, a constraint that shaped every design choice from independence onward. The 1954 100 Pruta is a product of the Kremnica Mint in Czechoslovakia — one of several foreign facilities Israel relied on before domestic minting capacity was established. KM#18.1 distinguishes this variant from the 18.2, the difference lying in the pearl count on the coin's decorative border.