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2 New Sheqalim (Nobel Prize In Literature - Shmuel Yosef Agnon)
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2 New Sheqalim (Nobel Prize in Literature - Shmuel Yosef Agnon)
Catalog Code: km445
Country: Israel
Series: 1985~Today - Numismatic Products
Theme: Authors, Coats of Arms, Literary People (Poets and Writers), Literature, Nobel Laureates, Publishers, Stylized Figures / Persons
Issue on: 2008
Last Issue: 2008
Distribution: Numismatic Product
Mint: Israel Government Coins and Medal Corporation, Jerusalem, Israel (j)
Composition: Silver
Composition details: 925/1000 Silver 0.8565 oz. ASW 75/1000 copper
Face value: 2
Catalog Code: km445
Country: Israel
Series: 1985~Today - Numismatic Products
Theme: Authors, Coats of Arms, Literary People (Poets and Writers), Literature, Nobel Laureates, Publishers, Stylized Figures / Persons
Issue on: 2008
Last Issue: 2008
Distribution: Numismatic Product
Mint: Israel Government Coins and Medal Corporation, Jerusalem, Israel (j)
Composition: Silver
Composition details: 925/1000 Silver 0.8565 oz. ASW 75/1000 copper
Face value: 2
Currency:
₪ - Israeli new shekel
Diameter (millimeters): 38.70
Thickness (millimeters): 2.00
Weight (grams): 28.80
Edge: Reeded/grained
Mintage: 1200
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Rim: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Shape: Circular
Subject: Nobel Prize in Literature - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Description: Front: (value) 2 שקלים חדשים (m.y.s.d.h m.y.l.q.s ←)
(in English) NEW SHEQALIM (shekels)
between (top) small coat of arms (10 February 1949)
(right, arced year) ١٩٦٦ (up-right, subject in Arabic) (جائزة نوبل في الأدب)
(b.d(a).l+'a.'a ī.f l.b(i).ū.n at.z.y(i).'a.j ←)
(below) profile of writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon
(low-left, proof mark) מ (Mem)
legend: (upper-right, in Hebrew) ישראל (l.a'.r.s.y ←, Yisrā'el, Israel)
(up-right, in Arabic) اسرائيل (l.ī.a.r.s.'i ←, Isrāʼīl, Israel)
(right, state name in English) ISRAEL
(right, spacer/dot) •
(low-right, Hebrew year) התשס"ח (JE5768 - 8(no.)60+300+400+5M)
(lower-left, Western year) 2008
Back: Bust writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon (left)
* 17 July 1888 Buczacz, Austrian Poland
(current: Buchach, Ukraine)
⚭ (1920) Esther Marx (1889-1973, two children)
† 17 February 1970 (aged 81) Jerusalem, Israel
buried: Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
legend: (left, name) S.Y.AGNON
(up-left/right, spacers/dashes) -
(low-left, subject in English) NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
(top-right, year award) 1966
(upper-right, in Hebrew) פרס נובל לספרות
(t.v.r.p.s.l l.b.v.n s.r.p ←)
(right, name) ש"י עגנון (n.v→o.n.g.a 10(no.)300 ←)
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
Diameter (millimeters): 38.70
Thickness (millimeters): 2.00
Weight (grams): 28.80
Edge: Reeded/grained
Mintage: 1200
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Rim: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Shape: Circular
Subject: Nobel Prize in Literature - Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Description: Front: (value) 2 שקלים חדשים (m.y.s.d.h m.y.l.q.s ←)
(in English) NEW SHEQALIM (shekels)
between (top) small coat of arms (10 February 1949)
(right, arced year) ١٩٦٦ (up-right, subject in Arabic) (جائزة نوبل في الأدب)
(b.d(a).l+'a.'a ī.f l.b(i).ū.n at.z.y(i).'a.j ←)
(below) profile of writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon
(low-left, proof mark) מ (Mem)
legend: (upper-right, in Hebrew) ישראל (l.a'.r.s.y ←, Yisrā'el, Israel)
(up-right, in Arabic) اسرائيل (l.ī.a.r.s.'i ←, Isrāʼīl, Israel)
(right, state name in English) ISRAEL
(right, spacer/dot) •
(low-right, Hebrew year) התשס"ח (JE5768 - 8(no.)60+300+400+5M)
(lower-left, Western year) 2008
Back: Bust writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon (left)
* 17 July 1888 Buczacz, Austrian Poland
(current: Buchach, Ukraine)
⚭ (1920) Esther Marx (1889-1973, two children)
† 17 February 1970 (aged 81) Jerusalem, Israel
buried: Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
legend: (left, name) S.Y.AGNON
(up-left/right, spacers/dashes) -
(low-left, subject in English) NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
(top-right, year award) 1966
(upper-right, in Hebrew) פרס נובל לספרות
(t.v.r.p.s.l l.b.v.n s.r.p ←)
(right, name) ש"י עגנון (n.v→o.n.g.a 10(no.)300 ←)
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
