2010 Isreal 2 Shekel JONAH AND THE WHALE, Custom Box & COA, COIN OF THE YEAR

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2010 Two Shekel Isreal 28.8 gram
925 SILVER COIN
2010 COIN OF THE YEAR
With Box & COA
Jonah the Prophet was requested by the Lord to go from the Land of Israel to the city of Nineveh, to warn the people to repent for their sins, before their city be destroyed. Jonah, however, chose to flee from his mission by boarding a ship bound for Tarshish. When a violent storm began, the ship crew believed that one of the passengers was responsible and cast lots to determine who it was. The lots fell on Jonah. He was cast into the sea and the storm calmed down. Meanwhile, a big fish, thought to be a whale, swallowed up Jonah into its belly, where he remained for three days and three nights. Jonah prayed to God and was saved when the fish spat him out on the shore. He then understood he was destined to go to Nineveh, as he had been commanded. The King and the people of Nineveh repented and were thus saved from destruction.
Israel won the coin of the Year for its 2010 Jonah in the Whale 2 Sheqalim coin.  The coin had been selected as the “most artistic” category winner.
Judges for Krause Publications nominated 95 coins issued in 2010 from around the world and selected winners in ten categories for its annual coin of the year award   From among the coins selected as winners in those ten categories, the judges must select one coin as the “coin of the year.”
Jonah and the Whale
depicts the bible story of Jonah, who refused to do what God commanded and tried to flee by boat in order to escape his calling.  After he was thrown overboard by the crew and left to drown, he was swallowed by a big fish.  Three days later the fish spit him out.  The renewed Jonah, one with God, went on to successfully accomplish the mission that God had commanded.
The coin design wraps the whale and Jonah in a “yin yang” design.  The inscription on the reverse quotes Jonah 2:1, “thy billows and they waves passed over me…yet I will look again towards thy Holy Temple…”
2,800 were minted for this proof only, non-circulating silver coin which is the 16
th
commemorative coin in the Bank of Israel’s Biblical art series.
The following coins have won the Krause Coin of the Year award in their category for coins dated 2010:
Most Artistic (
and also “coin of the year
”):
Israel, 2 Scheqalim, silver, KM-476, Jonah in the Whale
Country
Isreal
Year
2010
Face value
2 Shekel
Metal
Silver .925
Weight
28.8 gram
Size
38.70mm
Quality
Proof
Mintage
2800 pcs
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