Catalog
25 Mil Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Provisional Government of Israel |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Weight | 3.8 g |
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| Obverse script | Hebrew, Arabic |
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| Mintage | 5708 (1948) - תש`ח (Uniface trial) - 100 |
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The Provisional Government of Israel had barely declared statehood in May 1948 when the urgent need for a functioning currency forced rapid prototyping of coinage. Trial pieces from this period were struck under improvised conditions as the new state was simultaneously fighting its War of Independence. KM# P11 occupies an awkward transitional moment — the mandate coinage of Palestine was still technically circulating while these trials were being evaluated.
Aluminium was chosen partly due to material shortages, a recurring constraint throughout early Israeli mint production.