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20 New Shekels The Israeli Museum
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | New Shekel (1986-date) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 5775 (2015) ✡ - התשע`ה - Brilliant Uncirculated - 589 |
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Issued as part of the Bank of Israel's long-running commemorative series dedicated to Israeli museums, this piece honors the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, which opened in 1966 and houses the Shrine of the Book — the permanent home of the Dead Sea Scrolls since their acquisition from the Jordanian antiquities market in the 1950s. The museum itself was built in part with a major donation from James de Rothschild's estate, a condition of which tied the funding specifically to a national cultural institution in West Jerusalem.