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20 Lirot 12th Anniversary of Independence - Theodore Herzl Centenary
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Value | 20 Israeli Pounds (20 לירות) (20 ILP) |
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| Reverse lettering | ישראל ISRAEL עשרים לירות ישראליות תרך-תשך 1860-1960 (Translation: Israel 20 Israeli Lirot 5620-5720 (1860-1960)) |
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Herzl died in 1904 at 44, his Zionist project widely dismissed as utopian fantasy. Israel's decision to mark the centenary of his birth with a gold issue in 1960 — just twelve years into statehood — carried deliberate weight: the state was, in effect, issuing receipts for a prophecy fulfilled. The KM#30 was struck in 22-karat gold at the hand of a young mint still developing its technical infrastructure, and the series it belongs to established the pattern of anniversary gold issues that the Bank of Israel would continue for decades.