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25 Lirot Pidyon Haben
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin, Hebrew, Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | פדיון הבן תשל״ה |
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The Pidyon Haben — redemption of the firstborn son — is among the oldest rituals in Jewish law, rooted in the biblical commandment requiring parents to symbolically redeem their eldest son from priestly service with five silver coins. Israel's decision to issue dedicated silver coinage specifically for this ceremony meant that, for the first time in roughly two millennia, Jewish families could fulfill the mitzvah with a purpose-struck coin from a sovereign Jewish state rather than improvised foreign silver.
KM#80 was produced for the 27th anniversary year of Israeli independence, part of a series that generated significant export revenue through collector sales abroad.