Israel JE 5740 agora
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This type was struck 1980-82 at Winnipeg and Stuttgart for Israel. This was struck for circulation during the coinage reform of 1980-85. In 1982, US$1 = 20.9 sheqalim. In 1985, the coinage was reformed again with one new sheqel = 1,000 old sheqalim. The new denomination is still in use altho inflation grinds relentlessly at its value.
Recorded mintage: 200,000,000.
Specification: 0.6 g, aluminum, 15 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 106.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
Link to:
- JE 5740 (1980) 5 new agorot, menorah
- 1980 500 sheqel Jabotinsky
- JE 5741 (1981) 10 new agorot, pomegranate
- JE 5741 (1981) ½ sheqel, lion
- JE 5741 (1981) sheqel, chalice
- 1983 gold 5 sheqalim, Herodion
- JE 5744 (1984) 5 sheqalim, cornucopia
- 1984 gold 5 sheqalim, Kidron Valley
- JE 5744 (1984) 10 sheqalim, galley
- JE 5744 (1984) 50 sheqalim, ancient coin
- JE 5744 (1984) 100 sheqalim, menorah
- Coins and currency dated 1980