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2 New Sheqalim Law in Israel
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The State Emblem of Israel — a menorah flanked by olive branches — occupies the upper central field. Below, the denomination '2 NEW SHEQALIM / 2 שקלים חדשים' is inscribed in English and Hebrew. The border legend reads 'ISRAEL / ישראל / اسرائيل' in Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic, with the dual date '1992 / התשנ"ב' appearing at the lower portion of the border, referencing both the Gregorian and Hebrew calendar years. |
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| Reverse script | Hebrew, Latin |
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Issued under Israel's Coins Law, this piece commemorates the Hanukkah holiday, continuing a long-running series the Bank of Israel had maintained since the 1950s pairing Jewish festival themes with annual collector releases. The 1992 issue focuses on Hanukkah lamps from the Diaspora, a subject that implicitly documents the dispersal and distinct material culture of Jewish communities across centuries of exile — North African, Yemenite, and European forms all appearing across different years in the series.
KM#226 is the silver proof iteration; a gold version was struck simultaneously in far lower quantities.