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25 Lirot Pidyon Haben
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Thickness | 2.7 mm |
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| Obverse description | The central field features a five-pointed Star of David composed of five stylized pomegranate blossoms, one at each point of the star, rendered in a decorative floral motif. A Hebrew legend encircles the design along the border, incorporating a scriptural verse from Numbers 18:16 relating to the Pidyon Haben (redemption of the firstborn) ritual. The inscription reads in part: 'Those that are to be redeemed from a month old thou shalt redeem.' The overall design is executed in a restrained, modern artistic style consistent with Israeli commemorative coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic, Hebrew, Latin |
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The Pidyon Haben — redemption of the firstborn son — is a Torah-mandated ritual in which a father symbolically redeems his firstborn male child from a kohen on the thirty-first day of life, paying five silver coins in fulfillment of Numbers 18:16. Israel began issuing dedicated coinage for this ceremony in 1970 precisely because modern currency no longer contained enough silver to satisfy the halakhic requirement. The 1976 issue was struck in .800 silver to meet that religious standard, making it functionally ceremonial rather than circulating from the moment of minting.