5 Lirot 11th Anniversary of Independence - Ingathering of the Exiles

Features

Issuer Israel
Period State of Israel (1948-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 5719 (1959)
Calendar Hebrew
Value 5 Israeli Pounds (5 לירות) (5 ILP)
Currency Pound (1949-1960)
Composition Silver (.900)
Weight 25 g
Diameter 34 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 23 February 1980
Number
N#
45071
References KM# 23
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

11th Anniversary of Independence - Ingathering of the Exiles

Series: Israel Independence Day

Obverse

In the upper left corner, the word "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic with the dates "5708-5719" and "1948-1959" in Hebrew and English. Below, the face value "5 Israeli Lirot" in Hebrew.

Scripts: Arabic, Hebrew

Lettering:
ישראל
اسرائيل
תשח - תשינו
1948 - 1959
5
לירות ישראליות

Designer: Miriam Kroli

Reverse

A circle of eleven dancers representing the joy of those who have come to Israel with the eleven representing the eleven years of statehood. The circle is broken at one end so as to welcome new immigrants. In the center is the Hebrew inscription "Your children will return to their own border" (Jeremiah 31:17).

Script: Hebrew

Lettering:
ושבו בנים
לגבולם

Designers: Gerd Rothschild, Zeev Lipman

Edge

In raised letters the inscription "The Eleventh year of the State of Israel", facing obverse or reverse.

Translation: The Eleventh year of the State of Israel

Mint

Bern, Switzerland (1225-date)

Comments

"The State of Israel shall be open to Jewish immigration and to the ingathering of the exiles", was stated in the Declaration of Independence when the State was established. The gates of Israel were opened to all Jews who wished to immigrate including refugees from the holocaust in Europe, those who left the Moslem countries and others. In the first nine months alone, while a war of life and death was being waged, more than 100,000 immigrants reached Israel. In 1959 the total number of immigrants approached the one million mark.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
5719 (1959)  Photo 27 059 $ 24 93% תשינו
5719 (1959) מ 4 712 14% תשינו (Proof)

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Lirot (11th Anniversary of Independence - Ingathering of the Exiles)
Katz
Auction 94
Lot 2368
Internet Archive
30 Aug 2023 5719 (1959) – תשינו UNC USD 19.41
(EUR 18.00)
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