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5 New Sheqalim The Cedar and the Dove
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#222 |
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| Obverse script | Arabic, Hebrew, Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | עיניך יונים (שיר השירים ד,א) התשנ"ב 1992 THOU HAST DOVES' EYES (song of songs 4:1) |
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This piece belongs to Israel's "wildlife" gold series, issued through the early 1990s as legal tender collector coins with strictly limited mintages. The cedar and dove pairing draws on imagery rooted in biblical texts, though the coin's immediate occasion was the broader state program of producing thematic gold issues for the international numismatic market rather than any single commemorative event.
KM#222 is among the harder dates to source in Proof-69 and above, largely because the series saw inconsistent handling at point of sale.