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20 New Shekels National Library of Israel
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting the Lion of Megiddo with a stylized, sinuously curved tail, faithfully reproduced from an 8th-century BCE jasper seal discovered at Megiddo (biblical Armageddon) bearing the inscription of Shema, servant of King Jeroboam II. The Israel State Emblem, comprising the menorah flanked by olive branches, appears in the upper field above the lion. The legend ISRAEL in English, Hebrew, and Arabic is inscribed below the central device along the lower border. |
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| Mint | ✡ Holy Land Mint (החברה הישראלית למדליות ולמטבעות), Ma`ale HaHamisha, Israel (1958-date) |
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Issued to mark the opening of the National Library of Israel's new building in Jerusalem, which finally occurred in 2022 after decades of planning, fundraising, and a site dispute that consumed much of the institution's institutional energy from the 1990s onward. The library holds the world's largest collection of Judaica and Hebrew manuscripts, including the Rothschild Miscellany and fragments from the Cairo Geniza.
Bank of Israel commemorative gold issues in this weight class are struck in very limited quantities and rarely see secondary market pressure — collector demand is largely domestic and institutional.