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2 New Sheqalim Revolt and Heroism
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Currency | New Shekel (1986-date) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Hebrew, Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central design features an abstract geometric composition symbolizing the walls of concentration camps and ghettos, rendered in a bold, modernist style. From the barbed wire emerges a Star of David, from which diagonal rows of dots radiate upward and downward, representing bullets and the struggle for survival. In the lower portion of the field, a rising flame serves as a symbol of heroism and remembrance. The inscription 'REVOLT AND HEROISM' appears in both Latin and Hebrew script along the border, encircling the design. |
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Israel's "Revolt and Heroism" series commemorates armed Jewish resistance during the Nazi period, with individual issues honoring specific uprisings. The 1993 installment falls within a longer run that began in 1984 and addressed — with deliberate political weight — the question of Jewish armed agency during the Holocaust, a subject that had been contentious in Israeli public discourse for decades after 1948.
The Bank of Israel struck these as legal-tender commemoratives, though none entered circulation in any meaningful sense.