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2 New Sheqalim Hanukkah - Algerian Lamp
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Currency | New Shekel (1986-date) |
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| Obverse description | Depicted at center-right is the large numeral '2' in bold relief, with the denomination legend 'שקלים חדשים' (New Sheqalim) in Hebrew to its left and 'NEW SHEQALIM' in Latin script below. The State of Israel's menorah emblem appears in the upper field. Along the left rim, a curved trilingual legend reads 'ISRAEL' in Latin, 'ישראל' in Hebrew, and 'إسرائيل' in Arabic. The Hebrew date 'התשמ"ז' and the Gregorian year '1986' are inscribed in the lower field, with a small mint mark to the left of the date. |
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| Reverse script | Hebrew |
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This piece belongs to Israel's long-running Hanukkah lamp series, which the Bank of Israel has issued annually since 1958, each year spotlighting a lamp style associated with a different Jewish diaspora community. The 1986 selection draws from North African Jewish tradition — Algerian Jewish communities developed distinctive lamp forms influenced by both Berber metalwork and Moorish architectural ornament, a hybridization that accelerated under Ottoman rule and continued through the French colonial period.
Most Algerian Jews emigrated to France following independence in 1962, leaving behind centuries of continuous settlement dating to antiquity.