KM-123, 1982 Israel sheqel, Paris (France) mint; 850 silver, plain edge; 1-year commemorative issue, from the Hanukka menora series depicting Yemenite Hanukkia, mintage 14,475 pieces, bright matter uncirculated in original IGCMC plastic capsule, see high resolution scans to estimate condition yourself and pictures for the overall look and feel. 

The discrepancy of the date assignment is because Hanukka series coins were officially dated with the new Jewish year התשמ"ג date because Hanukka is always celebrated after the Jewish New Year and thus sometimes identified as 1983 while they were struck and dated with 1982 AD date. 

Here is what Sheqel magazine says about the design:"

The Jews of Yemen belonged to one of the most ancient Diaspora communities. In spite of periods of Muslim persecution, Yemeni Jews always maintained ties with other Jewish centers. Jewish emigration to the Land of Israel started in 1882, and soon after the establishment almost all remaining Jews left Yemen for their old-new homeland. Yemenite Jewish culture, religious worship and tradition, as well as the Hebrew dialect spoken by Jews in Yemen, are now regarded as closer to those of Jews in biblical times than any other Jewish center in the entire world.



The 1982 Hanukka coin celebrates the centenary of the first substantial influx of Jews from Yemen to Eretz Israel. Its obverse depicts an old stone Yemenite Hanukka Lamp, flanked by the biblical quotation "I will rise as a date palm" (Song of Songs 7:8)."

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