5 Sheqalim - 1982/5743

Qumran, Israel Commemorative Coin


Sheqalim.gif © Dan Thomasson, March 8, 2006

This 5 Sheqalim is Israel's first issued commemorative coin in the series: "Historic Sites in the Holyland." The Hebrew text on the coin is from one of the Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts. You can actually read the text on the coin!


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