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5 Sheqalim
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1982-1985 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central motif of a stylised double cornucopia overflowing with fruit and grain, bound at the base with a flowing ribbon; the horns curve gracefully downward to meet at a pendant ribbon end in the lower field. To the upper left, the official State of Israel emblem — a menorah flanked by two olive branches with the Hebrew legend YISRAEL — is depicted in low relief. The trilingual country name legend curves along the lower rim and right side of the field in Hebrew, Arabic, and Latin scripts. |
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| Reverse script | Hebrew, Latin |
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Israel's monetary system was in crisis during these years. Inflation reached 445% in 1984 and was accelerating toward the hyperinflationary peak of 1985, when the government launched the Economic Stabilization Plan that effectively ended the sheqel and introduced the new sheqel at a rate of 1,000 to 1. This coin was rendered obsolete not by wear but by monetary collapse, which is why survivors are typically found in respectable condition — purchasing power evaporated before the metal could.