25 Agorot Israel's 25th Anniversary

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.