100 Shekels King David

Obverse description	Left-facing crowned bust of King David depicted in high relief at center, wearing a leaf-adorned crown and a draped garment with a ribbed collar. A ring of six-pointed stars borders the inner field on both sides of the effigy. The Hebrew legend דוד מלך ישראל (David King of Israel) arcs across the upper field, while the Latin legend DAVID KING OF ISRAEL curves along the lower periphery. A Hebrew date inscription ה'תשכ"ה appears in the lower central field beneath the portrait.
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Reverse script	Hebrew, Latin
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Additional information	Issued under the Coins and Medals Law of 1963, this was part of Israel's earliest serious foray into gold commemorative coinage — a category the young state approached cautiously given gold's fraught political weight in a country still absorbing Holocaust survivors for whom confiscated gold had an entirely different meaning. The 36-gram weight was set to align with international bullion coin conventions of the period, making the piece attractive to foreign collectors and investors rather than domestic circulation. The X# prefix in the reference confirms its status outside regular monetary issue — struck for sale, not spending.