ISRAEL Wild Goat and Shittah (Acacia) Tree GOLD 5 NIS

Description

Specifications  NO certificate not available was posted with the silver coin
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More Information
Issuing Year
2000
Material
Gold
Fineness
900
Quality
Proof
Weight
8.63 g
Diameter
22 mm
Face Value
5 NIS
Max Mintage
600
Mint Mark
Mem ("מ")
Design
Igal Gabay
Wild Goat and Shittah (Acacia) Tree 2000/5761
9
th
and Final Coin in the Biblical Wildlife Series
The "Wild Goat" referred to in the Book of Samuel is characteristic of the rocky mountainous areas in Israel. Once an endangered species, the "Wild Goat" today is protected and can be seen roaming freely, as it did in biblical times, in the high rocks of the Negev Desert in the south of Israel.
The Acacia Tree grows in southern Israel, in the dry Negev Desert and Arava region. So strong and resistant is the wood of the Acacia Tree, that it was used in building the Tabernacle and its holy ark. An impressive Acacia Tree is featured on the coin obverse.
Obverse:
Face value in Hebrew and English, Israel State Emblem, "Israel" in English, Hebrew and Arabic, an acacia tree on a desert landscape, around the upper left-hand border, biblical inscription, " the Shittah tree, Isaiah 41:19" in Hebrew and English.