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5 Sheqalim Qumran
| Issuer | Bank of Israel |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Currency | Old Shekel (1980-1985) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a panoramic landscape of the Judean Desert cliffs and caves at Qumran in sculpted low relief occupying the lower half of the field, rendered in a detailed, artistic style evoking the rugged terrain where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Filling the upper portion of the field, lines of Hebrew script from the Dead Sea Scrolls are engraved in dense, closely-set lettering, serving as a textual backdrop that directly references the site's archaeological significance. The inscription 'קומראן / QUMRAN' is prominently rendered in large letters in the upper-central field, with the Hebrew in square script and the Latin transliteration beneath it. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Issued as part of Israel's "Holy Land Sites" gold series, this piece commemorates the Qumran caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by a Bedouin shepherd in 1947 — arguably the most significant archaeological find of the twentieth century. The scrolls, dating from roughly 300 BCE to 70 CE, included the oldest known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible and rewrote scholarly understanding of Second Temple Judaism.
The 1982 issue marked Israel's transition to the new sheqel currency, with this series serving the collector market during a period of severe domestic inflation that made circulating coinage almost beside the point.