Hanukka Lamp (″Hanukkiya″) from Persia

Silver 850, Standard BU, 30 mm, 14.4 gr

SKU
22022303
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Specifications
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Issuing Year 1989
Material Silver
Fineness 850
Quality Standard BU
Weight 14.4 gr
Diameter 30 mm
Face Value 1 NIS
Max Mintage 6,171
Mint Mark Star of David
Design Assaf Berg

Hanukka Lamp from Persia
Hanukka Coin, 1989 5750


For over 2,000 years, Jews in Iran led industrious lives. They enjoyed periods of prosperity but also some of the worst persecutions of Jews in Moslem lands. Iranian Jewry produced distinguished Jewish poets. philosophers and thinkers. Over the generations, the Jewish community in Iran declined from half a million in the 12th century to 25,000 at the end of the 1980s. Congregations were destroyed (such as Tabriz at the end of the 18th century), and others were forced to adopt Islam (Mashhad, March 1839). Zionism imbued Iran's Jews with a sense of pride and hope for redemption, which became a reality with the creation of the State of Israel and the immigration of 60,000. After the Islamic Revolution (1979), 50,000 more Jews left Iran.

Obverse:
Face value in Hebrew and English, "1 New Sheqel" on the Silver B.U. coin; "2 New Sheqalim" on the Silver Proof Coin. To the right is the Israel State Emblem, in the upper border, the mint year, 1989 / 5750, and word "ISRAEL" in Hebrew, English and Arabic.

Reverse:
A round stone Hanukka Lamp from Persia dating from the beginning of the 17th century, (according to ancient tradition, this Hanukka Lamp dates from as far back as the time of the Babylonian Talmud); from the collection of Mr. Yitzhak Einhorn. Below, the Hebrew words "Ancient Hanukka Lamp from Persia"

Edgs:
B.U. Coin - smooth
Proof Coin - milled

Mint Marks:
Beneath the Israel State Emblem:
Silver B.U. Coin - Star of David.
Silver Proof Coin - Hebrew letter "Mem"


Designer:
Assaf Berg
Plaster models - Tidhar Dagan

Mint
Spanish National Mint

Issue Name: Hanukka Lamp ("Hanukkiya") from Persia

Series Name: Hanukka Series


Catalog SKU Condition Diameter Face Value Issue Price Material Mint Mark Quantity Weight
22021373 37 mm 2 NIS 54 NIS Silver 850, Proof Mem ("מ") 6,282 28.8 gr
22022303 30 mm 1 NIS 34 NIS Silver 850, Standard BU Star of David 6,171 14.4 gr