Value date Hebrew letter `mem` mintmark underneath the State emblem
Obverse script
Hebrew
Obverse lettering
2
שקלים חדשים
NEW SHEQALIM
ישראל
ISRAEL
اسرائيل
1987 • התשמ`ח
מ
Reverse description
Chanukah Lamp: Silver Hanukkiya dating from 1709, from the Felix Navarro Collection of the London Jewish Museum, showing the prophet Elijah being fed by the ravens. A line representing the shape of the Hanukkiya surrounds legend.
Reverse script
Hebrew
Reverse lettering
חנוכיה
מאנגליה • המאה הי`ח (Translation: Chanukah lamp from England - 18th Century)