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Token - Eleven Points in the Negev
| Location | Israel |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Composition | Aluminum |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a stylized composition combining agricultural and industrial symbols: a wheat stalk, a crescent-shaped plow, and a water tower or industrial building, representing the eleven Negev settlements founded on 6 October 1946. A fan-shaped arrangement of elongated petals in the right field bears the names of the individual settlements in Hebrew. The upper legend gives the date 6.10.1946 and Hebrew text naming the event, with the settlement names arranged around the rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | תשנ`ז 50 עלית 11 הנקודות 6.10.1946 קדמה גלאון שובל משמר הנגב נבטים חצרים תקומה אורים בארי נירים כפר דרום |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a relief map of the Negev region showing the water pipeline route (Nir Am pipeline, 1947) connecting the eleven settlement points, with place names in Hebrew inscribed at each location. Diagonal lines in the field suggest flowing water. A biblical quotation from Isaiah 44 appears along the left rim, and the legend along the lower rim reads 'Water pipeline Nir Am - 1947' in Hebrew. |
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