Capital of column; the emblem of the State of Israel; `pearls` all around; typical capital of column from the Israelite period (10th-7th century B.C.E.).
Obverse script
Hebrew
Obverse lettering
ישראל (Translation: Israel)
Reverse description
The denomination `5 New Sheqalim` in Hebrew, Arabic and English; the date in Hebrew; `Israel` in Hebrew, Arabic and English; `pearls` all around; with the word `Hanukka` in Hebrew and English separated by a tiny candelabrum.
Reverse script
Arabic, Hebrew, Latin
Reverse lettering
إسرائيل • ISRAEL • התשנ`א ישראל
5
שקלים
חדשים
NEW SHEQALIM
٥ شيقل جديد
HANUKKA חנוכה
Edge
Smooth
Mint
Jerusalem, Israel ✡ Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)
Mintage
5751 (1990) - התשנ׳׳א; Jerusalem Mint - 500 000 5752 (1991) - התשנ׳׳ב; Jerusalem Mint - 486 000 5753 (1992) - התשנ׳׳ג; Jerusalem Mint - 500 000 5754 (1993) ✡ - התשנ׳׳ד; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 12 000 5756 (1995) ✡ - התשנ׳׳ו; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 7 500 5755 (1996) ✡ - התשנ׳׳ה; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 12 000 5757 (1996) ✡ - התשנ׳׳ז; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 7 500 5758 (1997) ✡ - התשנ׳׳ח; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 10 000 5759 (1998) ✡ - התשנ׳׳ט; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 6 000 5760 (1999) ✡ - התש׳׳ס; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 5 000 5761 (2000) ✡ - התשס׳׳א; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 4 000 5762 (2001) ✡ - התשס׳׳ב; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 4 000 5763 (2002) ✡ - התשס׳׳ג; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 3 000 5764 (2003) ✡ - התשס׳׳ד; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 3 000 5765 (2004) ✡ - התשס׳׳ה; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 2 500 5766 (2005) ✡ - התשס׳׳ו; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 3 000 5767 (2006) ✡ - התשס׳׳ז; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 3 000 5768 (2007) ✡ - התשס׳׳ח; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 3 000 5769 (2008) ✡ - התשס׳׳ט; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 1 800 5770 (2010) ✡ - התש׳׳ע; Utrecht Mint; In sets only - 1 800