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25 Agorot Israel's 25th Anniversary
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Value | 25 Agorot (0.25 ILP) |
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| Obverse description | A stylized ancient lyre (kinor), an instrument of biblical antiquity, occupies the central field, rendered in bold relief with five strings and characteristic curved arms surmounted by tuning knobs. To the left, the country name appears in Hebrew script (ישראל) arranged vertically, with the Arabic transliteration (اسرائيل) above it along the left margin. A small Star of David mintmark is positioned to the lower right of the lyre. The overall design is clean and modernist, with the inscriptions and central motif set against a flat, unadorned field within a plain raised rim. |
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| Reverse script | Hebrew |
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Issued for Israel's 25th anniversary of independence in 1973, this commemorative fell in the same year as the Yom Kippur War — Egypt and Syria's surprise offensive launched on 6 October, which sent the country into emergency mobilization within weeks of the coin's release. Commemorative production continued regardless; the Bank of Israel had already committed to the issue as part of a broader anniversary program spanning multiple denominations.
KM#66 is sometimes conflated with the circulating 25 agorot of the same period, but the anniversary pieces were struck to a higher finish and distributed through collector channels rather than general circulation.