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Chapter II Trade Coins Page 5 New Sheqalim series 1 New Sheqel = 100 Agorot Date introduced: 4 September 1985

1 Agora Obverse: Galley ( 4 BC - 6 AD)

The motif on the obverse of the 1 Agora trade coin was taken from a coin depicting a war galley, issued by Herod Archelaus, Ethnarch of Samaria, Judea and Idumea. Most coins minted during his rule (4 BC - 6 AD) have a nautical theme.

1 Agora Regular-issue trade coin Issued: 1985 - 1991 Catalog # 156 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 17 mm Weight: 2 gr Edge : smooth

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5745	1985	040,000,000	Paris		00.05	00.05	00.08	00.12	0.20
5745	1985	18,144,000	Stuttgart		0.05	0.05	0.08	0.12	0.20
5746	1986	14,304,000	Jerusalem		0.05	0.05	0.08	0.12	0.20
5746	1986	50,112,000	Paris		0.05	0.05	0.08	0.12	0.20
5746	1986	30,856,000	Stuttgart		0.05	0.05	0.08	0.12	0.20
5747	1987	1,080,000	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.50
5748	1988	15,768,000	Jerusalem		0.05	0.05	0.08	0.12	0.20
5749	1989	10,801,000	Jerusalem		0.05	0.05	0.08	0.12	0.20
5750	1990	4,968,000	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.25	0.50
5751	1991	12,000	Jerusalem	In Uncirculated set # MS43 only; 5,254 probably melted.	---	---	---	---	2.50


1 Agora "Hanukka" Commemorat33333ive trade coin Issued: 1986 - 1990 Catalog # 171 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 17 mm Weight: 2 gr Edge : smooth Reverse: Small Hanukka lamp above denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5747	1986	1,004,000	Paris		1.00	1.00	1.50	2.50	5.00
5748	1987	540,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.50	2.50	5.00
5749	1988	504,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.50	2.50	5.00
5750	1989	2,160,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.50	2.50	5.00
5751	1990	432,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.50	2.50	5.00

1 Agora "Israel's 40th Anniversary" Commemorative trade coin Issued: 1988 Catalog # 193 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 17 mm Weight: 2 gr Edge : smooth Reverse: "40 Years to Israel" above denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5748	1988	504,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	1.00	2.00	4.00

5 Agorot Obverse: Fruits (69-70 AD)

The obverse of the 5 Agorot trade coin is modeled after a coin minted during the 4th year (69 - 70 AD) of the First Judeo-Roman war (66 - 73 AD). Depicted are a lulav (a ripe, green, closed frond of the date palm tree), flanked by two etrogim (citrons). The inscription on the coin reads "Year Four". It is interesting to note that the characters on the coin are of the Middle Hebrew alphabet which was used in the Holy Land from approximately 1300 to 400 BC, instead of the Late Hebrew alphabet (in use from around 400 BC to 100 AD).

5 Agorot Regular-issue trade coin Issued: 1985 - 2007 Catalog # 157 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 19.5 mm Weight: 3 gr Edge : smooth

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5745	1985	25,000,000	Paris		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5745	1985	9,504,000	Stuttgart		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5746	1986	6,912,050	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5746	1986	5,472,000	Stuttgart		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5747	1987	14,257,298	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5748	1988	9,360,000	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5749	1989	4,896,000	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5750	1990	576,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00
5751	1991	4,464,000	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5752	1992	7,664,000	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5752	1992	18,432,000	Santiago		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5754	1994	5,952,000	Athens		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5754	1994	6,144,000	Kongsberg		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5755	1995	6,144,000	Kongsberg		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5756	1996	6,144,000	Singapore		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5757	1997	6,144,000	Santiago		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5758	1998	12,288,000	Santiago		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5759	1999	6,144,000	Santiago		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5760	2000	12,288,000	Santiago		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5761	2001	6,144,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.30
5762	2002	6,144,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20
5764	2004	*6,144,000	?		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20
5765	2005	*12,288,000	?		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20
5766	2006	*12,288,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20
5767	2007	*5,407,000	?		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20
* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.

5 Agorot "Hanukka" Commemorative trade coin Issued: 1986 - 1992 Catalog # 172 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 19.5 mm Weight: 3 gr Edge : smooth Reverse: Small Hanukka lamp above denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5747	1986	1,004,000	Paris		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	1.50
5748	1987	536,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	1.50
5749	1988	504,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	1.50
5750	1989	2,016,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	1.50
5751	1990	1,488,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	1.50
5752	1991	960,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	1.50
5753	1992	960,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	1.50

5 Agorot "Israel's 40th Anniversary" Commemorative trade coin Issued: 1988 Catalog # 194 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 19.5 mm Weight: 3 gr Edge : smooth Reverse: "40 Years to Israel" above denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5748	1988	504,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.20	1.80	3.00

10 Agorot Obverse: Detail of a coin with Menora (40-37 BC)

Shown on the obverse of the 10 Agorot trade coin is a fragment from a coin, issued by Mattathias Antigonus (40 - 37 BC), depicting a Menorah (seven-armed candelabrum). The design of the 10 Agorot coin was the subject of a short-lived controversy in the late 1980s, when Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat claimed that the obverse design of this coin incorporates a map of a "Greater Israel" that "goes from the Mediterranean to Mesopotamia, from the Red Sea to the Euphrates". This claim was quickly refuted by Israeli politicians and academics, who pointed out that the motif on the 10 Agorot coin - and all other Israeli coins - are selected for historical value only. This design was also adopted as the logo of the Bank of Israel, and appeared previously on the 100 'old' Sheqalim trade coin (KM-143).

10 Agorot Regular-issue trade coin Issued: 1985 - present Catalog # 158 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 22 mm Weight: 4 gr Edge: smooth

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5745	1985	45,000,000	Stuttgart		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.40
5746	1986	20,934,048	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.40
5746	1986	71,820,000	Bern		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.40
5747	1987	19,351,382	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.40
5748	1988	8,640,298	Jerusalem		0.10	0.10	0.15	0.20	0.40
5749	1989	420,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00
5750	1990	2,376,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50	1.00
5751	1991	11,905,000	Jerusalem	Coins have either wide 7 mm date; or narrow 6 mm date.	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.35	0.50
5751	1991	30,240,000	Santiago		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5751	1991	17,280,000	Stuttgart		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5752	1992	1,728,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50	1.00
5753	1993	25,920,000	Santiago		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5754	1994	30,096,000	Utrecht		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5754	1994	21,600,000	Stuttgart		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5755	1995	17,280,000	Kongsberg		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5756	1996	43,200,000	Santiago		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5757	1997	21,600,000	Kongsberg	Open Hebrew letter 'heh' in date.	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5757	1997	21,600,000	Utrecht	Closed Hebrew letter 'heh' in date.	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5758	1998	60,480,000	Santiago		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5759	1999	21,600,000	Athens		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5759	1999	4,601,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5759	1999	2,000	Warsaw		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.40
5760	2000	82,944,000	Santiago		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5761	2001	46,140,000	Daejeon	Rounded interior sides of the zero of the denomination (10).	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5761	2001	32,256,000	Santiago	Straight interior sides of the zero of the denomination (10).	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5762	2002	4,608,000	Warsaw		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.20	0.30
5763	2003	22,980,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5764	2004	*37,198,272	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5765	2005	*41,200,000	?		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5766	2006	*43,800,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5767	2007	*39,800,000	Daejeon	Wide vertical ridges in square containing the denomination (10).	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5768	2008	*50,700,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5769	2009	*37,500,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5770	2010	*53,400,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5771	2011	*33,200,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5772	2012	*94,000,000	Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5773	2013		Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5774	2014		Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30
5775	2015		Daejeon		0.10	0.10	0.10	0.15	0.30

* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.

10 Agorot "Hanukka" Commemorative trade coin Issued: 1986 - 1992 Catalog # 173 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 22 mm Weight: 4 gr Edge: smooth Reverse: Small Hanukka lamp above denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5747	1986	1,004,000	Paris		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	2.00
5748	1987	834,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	2.00
5749	1988	798,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	2.00
5750	1989	2,052,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	2.00
5751	1990	1,488,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	2.00
5752	1991	1,404,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	2.00
5753	1992	1,404,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.50	1.00	2.00

10 Agorot "Israel's 40th Anniversary" Commemorative trade coin Issued: 1988 Catalog # 195 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 22 mm Weight: 4 gr Edge: smooth Reverse: "40 Years to Israel" above denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5748	1988	504,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.20	1.80	3.00

½ New Sheqel Obverse: Lyre, Kingdom of Judaea (7th Century BC)

The obverse of the ½ New Sheqel trade coin depicts a detail of an ancient Hebrew jasper seal, on which a tiny lyre is carved. The seal, inscribed "Ma'adana Daughter of the King" (not depicted on the coin), is part of the numismatic collection of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and is estimated to date back to the 7th century BC.

½ New Sheqel Regular-issue trade coin Version I Issued: 1985 - 2008 Catalog # 159 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 26 mm Weight: 6.5 gr Edge : smooth

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5745	1985	1,296,000	Jerusalem		0.30	0.30	0.40	0.50	1.00
5745	1985	15,000,000	Paris		0.20	0.20	0.25	0.35	0.60
5745	1985	4,032,000	Stuttgart		0.20	0.20	0.25	0.35	0.60
5746	1986	4,392,000	Jerusalem		0.20	0.20	0.25	0.35	0.60
5747	1987	144,000	Jerusalem		2.00	2.00	3.00	5.00	10.00
5748	1988	20,000	Jerusalem		4.00	4.00	5.00	8.00	15.00
5749	1989	756,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.50	2.50	4.00
5750	1990	648,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.50	2.50	4.00
5751	1991	288,000	Jerusalem		2.00	2.00	3.00	4.50	8.00
5752	1992	828,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.20	1.80	3.00
5752	1992	10,752,000	Santiago		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.60
5752	1992	2,688,000	Stuttgart		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.60
5753	1993	2,688,000	Stuttgart		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.60
5753	1993	2,496,000	Canberra		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.60
5755	1995	5,376,000	Athens		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.60
5755	1995	5,376,000	Santiago		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.60
5757	1997	5,376,000	Santiago		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.60
5758	1998	5,376,000	Utrecht		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.60
5759	1999	8,064,000	Santiago		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.60
5762	2002	2,880,000	Santiago		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5762	2002	5,760,000	Vantaa		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5763	2003	*4,039,000	?		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5764	2004	2,640,000	Santiago		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5765	2005	*6,377,000	?		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5766	2006	*7,121,000	?		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5767	2007	*6,165,000	?		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5768	2008	*5,208,000	Daejeon		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.

½ New Sheqel Regular-issue trade coin Version II Issued: 2009 - present Catalog # 159a Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 26 mm Weight: 6.5 gr Edge : smooth Reverse: Hamza sign added below the first letter Aliph of the Arabic word Isra'il

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5769	2009	*4,464,000	Daejeon		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5770	2010	*8,184,000	Daejeon		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5771	2011	*12,966,000	Vantaa		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5772	2012	* ?	Daejeon		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5774	2014		?		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50
5775	2015		?		0.20	0.20	0.20	0.30	0.50

* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.

½ New Sheqel "Hanukka" Commemorative trade coin Issued: 1986 - 1992 Catalog # 174 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 26 mm Weight: 6.5 gr Edge : smooth Reverse: Small Hanukka lamp below denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5747	1986	1,004,000	Paris		1.50	1.50	2.00	3.00	6.00
5748	1987	532,000	Jerusalem		1.50	1.50	2.00	3.00	6.00
5749	1988	504,000	Jerusalem		1.50	1.50	2.00	3.00	6.00
5750	1989	2,016,000	Jerusalem		1.50	1.50	2.00	3.00	6.00
5751	1990	960,000	Jerusalem		1.50	1.50	2.00	3.00	6.00
5752	1991	288,000	Jerusalem		1.50	1.50	2.00	3.00	6.00
5753	1992	304,000	Jerusalem		1.50	1.50	2.00	3.00	6.00

½ New Sheqel "Israel's 40th Anniversary" Commemorative trade coin Issued: 1988 Catalog # 196 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 26 mm Weight: 6.5 gr Edge : smooth Reverse: "40 Years to Israel" below denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5748	1988	500,000	Jerusalem		1.50	1.50	2.00	3.00	6.00

½ New Sheqel Edmund de Rothschild Commemorative trade coin Jewish Personalities Series 1986 Catalog # 167 Alloy: aluminium-bronze (copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%) Diameter: 26 mm Weight: 6.5 gr Edge: widely reeded Special feature: Effigy of Edmund de Rothschild on obverse

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5746	1986	2,000,000	Utrecht	General circulation and sets	0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00


1 New Sheqel Obverse: Lily (4th Century BC)

The motif on the obverse of the 1 New Sheqel trade coin dates back to the 4th century BC, the period when Judea was ruled by the Persian empire. The coin from which the 1 New Sheqel design was taken, was a silver Obol of Judah, with inscription YHD, minted in Jerusalem circa 350 BC. This is one of the earliest Jewish coins, as well as one of the artistic highlights of Jewish numismatics. It depicts a lily, symbol of purity and regarded as the choicest among flowers. In the words of the prophet Hosea, the lily became the flower symbol of Israel: "I will be like the dew for Israel; he shall blossom like the lily" (Hosea 14:6). The motif of the lily is apparently derived from the design which graced the capitals of the two main pillars which stood in front of the Temple - Jachin and Boaz. The lily became a popular motif in Jewish art of the Second Temple period, and also appears on coins struck in Jerusalem during the second and first centuries BC under Antiochus VII, John Hyrcanus I and Alexander Jannaeus.

1 New Sheqel Regular-issue trade coin Version I Issued: 1985 - 1993 Catalog # 160 Alloy: cupro-nickel (copper 75%, nickel 25%) Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 4 gr Edge : smooth

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5745	1985	29,088,000	Bern		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00
5746	1986	12,960,055	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00
5746	1986	8,000,000	Stuttgart		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00
5747	1987	216,000	Jerusalem		2.00	2.00	3.00	4.50	8.00
5748	1988	6,372,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00
5748	1988	14,004,000	Utrecht		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00
5749	1989	8,706,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00
5750	1990	756,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.50	2.20	4.00
5751	1991	1,152,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00
5752	1992	1,512,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00
5752	1992	17,280,000	Winnipeg		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00
5752	1992	8,640,000	Stuttgart		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00
5753	1993	8,640,000	Stuttgart		0.50	0.50	0.70	1.00	2.00


1 New Sheqel Regular-issue trade coin Version II Issued: 1994 - 2007 Catalog # 160a Alloy: nickel bonded steel (magnetic) Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 3.6 gr Edge : smooth Obverse: Small raised and incused dot below State emblem

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5754	1994	8,496,000	Stuttgart		0.40	0.40	0.45	0.60	1.00
5754	1994	12,960,000	Utrecht		0.40	0.40	0.45	0.60	1.00
5755	1995	25,920,000	Utrecht		0.40	0.40	0.45	0.60	1.00
5756	1996	8,640,000	Utrecht		0.40	0.40	0.45	0.60	1.00
5757	1997	30,240,000	Utrecht		0.40	0.40	0.45	0.60	1.00
5758	1998	4,295,000	Pretoria		0.40	0.40	0.45	0.60	1.00
5759	1999	17,280,000	Utrecht		0.40	0.40	0.45	0.60	1.00
5760	2000	20,738,000	Winnipeg		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5761	2001	9,648,000	Kongsberg		0.50	0.50	0.60	0.80	1.50
5762	2002	18,816,000	Kongsberg		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5763	2003	10,198,500	Vantaa		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5765	2005	*23,100,000	Utrecht?		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5766	2006	*26,000,000	?		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5767	2007	*25,000,000	?		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.

1 New Sheqel Regular-issue trade coin Version III Issued: 2009 - present Catalog # 160b Alloy: nickel bonded steel (magnetic) Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 3.6 gr Edge : smooth Reverse: Hamza sign added below the first letter Aliph of the Arabic word Isra'il

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5769	2009	*23,000,000	?		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5771	2011	*19,000,000	Kongsberg		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5771	2011	*19,000,000	Vantaa		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5772	2012	*20,500,000	Stuttgart?		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5773	2013		?		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5774	2014		?		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00
5775	2015		?		0.40	0.40	0.40	0.50	1.00

* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish in its Annual Report the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.

1 New Sheqel "Hanukka" Commemorative trade coin Issued: 1986 - 1992 Catalog # 163 Alloy: cupro-nickel (copper 75%, nickel 25%) Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 3.6 gr Edge : smooth Reverse: Small Hanukka lamp below denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5746	1985	1,056,000	Bern		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00
5747	1986	1,004,000	Paris		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00
5748	1987	534,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00
5749	1988	504,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00
5750	1989	2,052,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00
5751	1990	24,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00
5751	1990	1,080,000	Stuttgart		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00
5752	1991	1,044,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00
5753	1992	922,000	Jerusalem		0.50	0.50	0.80	1.50	3.00

1 New Sheqel "Israel's 40th Anniversary" Commemorative trade coin Issued: 1988 Catalog # 197 Alloy: cupro-nickel (copper 75%, nickel 25%) Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 3.6 gr Edge : smooth Reverse: "40 Years to Israel" below denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5748	1988	504,000	Jerusalem		1.00	1.00	1.50	2.50	5.00

1 New Sheqel Moses Maimonides ("Rambam") Commemorative trade coin Jewish Personalities Series 1988 Catalog # 198 Alloy: cupro-nickel (copper 75%, nickel 25%) Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 4 gr Edge: smooth Special feature: Effigy of Maimonides on obverse

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5748	1988	1,000,000	Munich		1.00	1.00	1.50	2.20	4.00
Moses Maimonides (1135 - 1204) Rabbi, physician and philosopher. Maimonides is acknowledged to be one of the foremost philosophers in Jewish history, whose works and views are considered a cornerstone of Jewish thought and study. Maimonides' full name was Moshe ben Maimon, and in Israel he is almost always referred to by the Hebrew acronym of his title and name, "Rambam" (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon). Outside Israel his is widely known by his Greek name, Moses Maimonides.

2 New Sheqalim Obverse: Double cornucopiae (2nd Century BC)

The obverse design of the 2 New Sheqalim trade coin has been taken from a coin minted during the reign of John (Yehohanan) Hyrcanus I (134 - 104 BC), and depicts a double cornucopiae (horns of plenty). The cornucopia is an ancient symbol from the Hellenic period when it appeared on coins and artworks. It is a hollow animal horn, shown here draped in ribbons and filled with fruit and grain, which at the time was a symbol of plenty. The pomegranate, shown between the two horns, is also a symbol of plenty and fertility.

2 New Sheqalim Regular-issue trade coin Version I Issued: 2008 only Catalog # 433 Alloy: nickel bonded steel Diameter: 21.6 mm Weight: 5.7 gr Edge : intermittently reeded and smooth Special features of Version I: Edge has rounded corners and oval-shaped short ridges

Left: Version I Right: Version II
Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5768	2008	22,700,000	Utrecht	Mintage figure is rough estimation	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.90	1.50
* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.

2 New Sheqalim Regular-issue traide coin Version II Issued: 2009 - present Catalog # 433a Alloy: nickel bonded steel Diameter: 21.6 mm Weight: 5.7 - 5.8 gr Edge : intermittently reeded and smooth Special features of Version II: Edge has straight corners and straight long ridges

Left: Version I Right: Version II
Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5769	2009	*12,300,000	Utrecht		0.80	0.80	0.80	0.90	1.50
5770	2010	*5,600,000	Utrecht		0.80	0.80	0.80	0.90	1.50
5771	2011	*9,200,000	Vantaa		0.80	0.80	0.80	0.90	1.50

* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.

5 New Sheqalim Obverse: Pillar (10th-7th Century BC)

The obverse of the 5 New Sheqalim trade coin is adorned by a detail of a typical proto-Ionic capital of a column from the Israelite period (10th - 7th century BC). Similar capitals have been excavated in Jerusalem's City of David, Ramat Rachel (South of Jerusalem) and Megiddo. The proto-Ionic capital was also used on Israelite seals in the early Iron Age.

5 New Sheqalim Regular-issue trade coin Version I Issued: 1990 - 2008 Catalog # 207 Alloy: cupro-nickel (copper 75%, nickel 25%) Diameter: 24 mm Weight: 8.2 gr Edge : 12-sided*

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5750	1990	15,000,000	Stuttgart		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5751	1991	324,000	Jerusalem		2.50	2.50	2.50	3.50	6.00
5752	1992	413,000	Jerusalem		2.50	2.50	2.50	3.50	6.00
5754	1994	2,016,000	Vantaa		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5755	1995	2,160,000	Vantaa		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5757	1997	2,160,000	Utrecht		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5757	1997	2,160,000	Vantaa		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5758	1998	2,160,000	Kongsberg		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5759	1999	2,160,000	Utrecht	*Round edge	2.50	2.50	2.50	3.50	6.00
5759	1999	2,160,000	Kongsberg		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5760	2000	4,464,000	Vantaa		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5762	2002	4,464,000	Winnipeg	*Round edge	2.50	2.50	2.50	3.50	6.00
5765	2005	*6,559,000	?		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5766	2006	*5,996,000	?		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5768	2008	*1,312,000	Daejeon		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.

5 New Sheqalim Regular-issue trade coin Version II Issued: 2009 - present Catalog # 207a Alloy: cupro-nickel (copper 75%, nickel 25%) Diameter: 24 mm Weight: 8.2 gr Edge : 12-sided Reverse: Hamza sign added below the first letter Aliph of the Arabic word Isra'il

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5769	2009	*2,811,000	Daejeon		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5771	2011	*7,381,000	Daejeon		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5772	2012	*3,500,000	Daejeon		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5773	2013		?		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5774	2014		?		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50
5775	2015		?		2.00	2.00	2.00	2.50	3.50

* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.


5 New Sheqalim "Hanukka" Commemorative trade coin Issued: 1986 - 1992 Catalog # 217 Alloy: cupro-nickel (copper 75%, nickel 25%) Diameter: 24 mm Weight: 8.2 gr Edge : 12-sided Reverse: Small Hanukka lamp below denomination

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5751	1990	500,000	Jerusalem		2.50	2.50	3.00	3.50	6.00
5752	1991	486,000	Jerusalem		2.50	2.50	3.00	3.50	6.00
5753	1992	500,000	Jerusalem		2.50	2.50	3.00	3.50	6.00

5 New Sheqalim Levi Eshkol Commemorative trade coin Jewish Personalities Series 1990 Catalog # 208 Alloy: cupro-nickel (copper 75%, nickel 25%) Diameter: 24 mm Weight: 8.2 gr Edge: 12-sided Special feature: Effigy of Levi Eshkol on obverse

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5750	1990	1,500,000	Stuttgart		2.50	2.50	3.00	4.00	7.50
Levi Eshkol (1895 - 1969) Third prime minister of Israel from 1964 until his death in 1969.

5 New Sheqalim Chaim Weizmann Jewish Personalities Series 1993 Catalog # 237 Alloy: cupro-nickel (copper 75%, nickel 25%) Diameter: 24 mm Weight: 8.2 gr Edge: 12-sided Special feature: Effigy of Chaim Weizmann on obverse

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5753	1993	1,500,000	Jerusalem		2.50	2.50	3.00	4.00	6.50
Chaim Weizmann (1874 - 1952) Chemist, Zionist leader, president of the World Zionist Organization and the first president of Israel (1949 - 1952). Weizmann is noted for major chemical inventions which helped the British war effort in World War I. These, and his close relations with British Foreign Secretary Lord Arthur Balfour, are considered crucial reasons for the issuance of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, in which "...His Majesty's Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people..."

10 New Sheqalim Obverse: Palm tree (69 AD)

The obverse core of the 10 New Sheqalim trade coin depicts a palm tree, flanked by two baskets with dates. The outer ring is inscribed "For the Redemption of Zion", in Middle Hebrew and modern Hebrew characters.. The original coin is a Half Sheqel minted in 69 AD, the fourth year of the Jewish-Roman war, in besieged Jerusalem, only one year before the destruction of the Second Temple.

10 New Sheqalim Regular-issue trade coin Issued: 1995 - present Catalog # 270 Alloy: ring nickel bonded steel (magnetic); core aureate bonded bronze Diameter: 23 mm Weight: 7 gr Edge: reeded

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5755	1995	28,224,000	Utrecht		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00
5755	1995	?	Utrecht	With Star on obv., cat. # A270 ^(I)	60.00	60.00	70.00	90.00	120.00
5762	2002	4,749,000	Kongsberg		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00
5765	2005	*4,427,000	Utrecht?		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00
5766	2006	*7,800,000	Utrecht?		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00
5769	2009	*3,400,000	Utrecht?		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00
5770	2010	*3,800,000	Utrecht?		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00
5771	2011	*4,200,000	Kongsberg		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00
5772	2012	*3,800,000	Vantaa		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00
5773	2013		?		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00
5774	2014		?		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00
5775	2015		?		4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50	6.00

Images of varieties (Roman numerals correspond with description in Remarks column)
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* As from its Annual Report for 2005, the Bank of Israel stopped publishing the names of Mints at which Israeli coins are minted, and also stopped publishing mintage figures for each year. However, the Bank continues to publish the total number of coins in circulation by denomination on 31 December of each year. The increase of coins in circulation during a given year does not necessarily reflect the number of coins minted during that same year and bearing the same Hebrew date. For instance, the Hebrew year does not correspond with the Gregorian calendar, additional coins placed into circulation during a given year may not necessarily bear the Hebrew date of that same year and may bear earlier dates, and there are years when no coins of one or more denominations are minted. Hence, mintage figures from 2005 onwards are mostly speculative, and are listed here because no other - more reliable - data is available.

10 New Sheqalim Golda Meir Commemorative trade coin Jewish Personalities Series 1995 Catalog # 273 Alloy: ring nickel bonded steel (magnetic); core aureate bonded bronze Diameter: 23 mm Weight: 7 gr Edge: reeded Special feature: Effigy of Golda Meir on obverse

Date		Mintage		Remarks	Value USD
Heb.	Civil	Quantity	Mint	Remarks	F	VF	XF	AU	Unc.
5755	1995	1,500,000	Utrecht		4.00	4.00	4.50	5.00	7.00
Golda Meir (1898 - 1978) One of the founders of the State of Israel, and its fourth prime minister from 1968 until 1974.

Details of Mints
Place		Country		Name of Mint
Athens		Greece		Bank of Greece
Bern		Switzerland		Federal Mint Swissmint
Canberra		Australia		Royal Australian Mint
Daejeon		Republic of Korea		KOMSCO - Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corporation
Jerusalem		Israel		Government Printer - Israel Mint
Kongsberg		Norway		Det Norske Myntverket (Norwegian Minting Works)
Munich		Germany		Bayerisches Hauptmüntzamt (Bavarian State Mint)
Paris		France		Monnaie de Paris
Pretoria		South Africa		South African Mint
Santiago		Chile		Casa de Moneda de Chile
Singapore		Singapore		Singapore Mint
Stuttgart		Germany		Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg (State Mints of Baden-Württemberg)
Utrecht		Netherlands		Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (Royal Dutch Mint); until 1994 the KNM was named 's Rijks Munt
Vantaa		Finland		Mint of Finland
Warsaw		Poland		Mennica Polska (Mint of Poland)
Winnipeg		Canada		Royal Canadian Mint



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