2 New Sheqalim Samson and the Lion

Features

Issuer Israel
Period State of Israel (1948-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 5769 (2009)
Calendar Hebrew
Value 2 New Sheqalim
2 ILS = USD 0.55
Currency New Shekel (1986-date)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 28.8 g
Diameter 38.7 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
88807
References KM# 464
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

Samson and the Lion

Series: Biblical Art

Obverse

The face value in Hebrew and English, the State emblem, the word "Israel" in three languages and the mint year.

Scripts: Arabic, Hebrew, Latin

Lettering:
SAMSON AND THE LION JUDGES 14:5
שמשון והאריה שופטים כייד ,הי
شمشون والأسد ألقضاة ٥,١٤

ישראל
Israel
إسرائيل
2009 התשםייט

2
שקלים חדשים
NEW SHEQALIM

Engravers: Ilan Hagari, Tidhar Dagan

Reverse

The coin is graced with an artistic rendering of Samson wrestling with the fierce lion in the Philistine city of Timnat, in ancient Mesopotamian style typical of the Canaanite period. A stylized palm tree symbolizes the Land of Israel, where this scene took place.

Engravers: Ilan Hagari, Tidhar Dagan

Edge

Reeded

Mint

מ Royal Dutch Mint (Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt), Utrecht, Netherlands (1010-date)

Comments

Samson was a Nazarite, an ascetic, who abstained from worldly pleasures, including drinking alcohol and even cutting his hair. When Samson was on his way to meet the Philistine girl he wanted to wed, he encountered an attacking lion. The Lord gave him super human strength to fight and destroy it. Later, when on his way to his wedding, he observed bees producing honey in the carcass of the lion - an unexpected lesson in the vagaries of life and in the possibility of making something sweet from something quite the opposite.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
5769 (2009) מ 2 800 התשםייט - Proof

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