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Monday, January 23, 2012

25 AGOROT


25 AGOROT
Diameter:     25.5 mm.
Weight:     6.5 gr.
Edge:     Smooth.
Obverse:     Three-stringed lyre; "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic.
Origin of motif:     Bar-Kochba coin (132 - 135 C.E.).
Reverse:     The denomination "25 Agorot" and the date in Hebrew.
Alloy:     Copper 92%, aluminium 6%, nickel 2%.
Design:     Obverse: Rothschild and Lippman.
Reverse: Shamir Brothers.
Date of issue:     March 17, 1960.
Ceased to be legal tender:     February 22, 1980.