Face value in Hebrew and English, seven stars, Israel State Emblem, `Israel` in English, Hebrew and Arabic, the mint year and biblical inscription `SO SHALL THY SEED BE - GEN. 15:5` in Hebrew and English.
Obverse script
Arabic, Hebrew, Latin
Obverse lettering
1999 התשנ`ט
2
שקלים חדשים NEW SHEQALIM
ישראל
ISRAEL اسرائيل
מ
כה יהיה זרעך` בראשית ט`ו, א`-ו`
`SO SHALL THY SEED BE` Gen. 15:1-6
Reverse description
Abraham looking at the stars, as if reflecting on G-d`s promise that his seed will become innumerable as the stars above.
