PRISTINE! Silver Proof coin 1998 Holy Land Wildlife Stork and Fir Tree 2 NIS

Description

PRISTINE! Low mintage only 2500!!!
Silver Proof coin 1998 Holy Land Wildlife Stork and Fir Tree 2 NIS
2 New Sheqalim Stork and Fir Tree
Features
Issuer
Israel
Period
State of Israel (
1948-date
)
Type
Non-circulating coin
Year
5759 (1999)
Calendar
Hebrew
Value
2 New Sheqalim
2 ILS = USD 0.58
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
# 23752
References
KM
# 322
Commemorative issue
Flora and Fauna from the "Song of Songs" Series: Stork and Fir Tree
Obverse
Face value in Hebrew and English, left, two fir trees, upper center, the Israel State Emblem, "Israel" in English, Hebrew and Arabic, border inscription "like a green fir tree, Hosea 14:9" in Hebrew and English.
Scripts:
Arabic, Hebrew, Latin
Lettering:
ISRAEL ישראל اسرائيل
like a green fir tree HOSEA 14:8 כברוש רענן הושע יד,ט
2
שקלים חדשים
NEW SHEQALIM
מ
Engravers:
Yaacov Enyedi, Tidhar Dagan
Reverse
Image of a stork standing on one foot in a pool of water with plants in the background, right, the Hebrew inscription "As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house, "Psalms 104:17", the same inscription in English in the upper right-hand border and the mint year.
Scripts:
Hebrew, Latin
Lettering:
חסידה
ברושים ביתה
תהלים קד,יז
the stork, the firs tree are her house PSALMS 104:17
1998 התשנ"ט
Engravers:
Yaacov Enyedi, Tidhar Dagan