1 Pruta

Features

Issuer	Israel
Period	State of Israel (1948-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	5709 (1949)
Calendar	Hebrew
Value	1 Pruta (1 פרוטה) (0.001 ILP)
Currency	Pound (1949-1960)
Composition	Aluminium (Aluminium 97%, Magnesium 3%)
Weight	1.3 g
Diameter	21 mm
Thickness	1.59 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	25 October 1950
Demonetized	22 February 1980
Number	N# 2042
References	KM# 9 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 2 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). , ICMC# 611949001 Israel Coins and Medals Corporation (https://israelmint.com)

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Obverse

Anchor; "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic.
The design is based off of a coin of Alexander Jannaeus (76-103 BCE).

Scripts: Arabic, Hebrew

Lettering:
ישראל
اسرائيل

Reverse

The denomination "1 Pruta" and the date in Hebrew; two stylized olive branches around the rim.

Script: Hebrew

Lettering:
1 פרוטה
תש'ט

Translation:
1 Pruta
1949

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)
•	Kings Norton Metal Company, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1890-1962)

Comments

Following the establishment of the State, the government requested the Israel Numismatic Society to propose the designs for a new series of coins. Leo Kadman and Hanan Pavel, together with the graphic artist Otte Wallish, submitted sketches, which were approved by the Minister of Finance, Eliezer Kaplan.
The singular form "pruta" instead of the plural "prutot" was erroneously minted on the five- and ten-pruta coins; this was corrected in a later series of the ten-pruta coins, but not the five-pruta.

Date of issue: 25 October, 1950

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
5709 (1949)	20 000						תש'ט (Proof)	1.7%
5709 (1949)	2 500 000	$ 0.88	$ 1.60	$ 2.00			תש'ט (Without pearl)	52%
5709 (1949) •	2 660 000						תש'ט (Prooflike; With pearl)	6%
5709 (1949) •	2 660 000	$ 0.23	$ 1.10	$ 1.50	$ 1.50	$ 1.50	תש'ט (With pearl)	54%

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