Features
Issuer Israel
Period State of Israel (1948-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 5709 (1949)
Calendar Hebrew
Value 1 Pruta (0.001 ILP)
Currency Pound (1949-1960)
Composition Aluminium (Aluminium 97%, Magnesium 3%)
Weight 1.3 g
Diameter 21 mm
Thickness 1.59 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 22 February 1980
Number N# 2042
References KM# 9, Schön# 2
Obverse
Anchor; "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic.
The design is based off of a coin of Alexander Jannaeus (76-103 BCE).
Lettering:
ישראל
اسرائيل
Reverse
The denomination "1 Pruta" and the date in Hebrew; two stylized olive branches around the rim.
Lettering:
1 פרוטה
תש'ט
Translation:
1 Pruta
1949
Edge
Smooth
Mints
Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited, United Kingdom (1850-2003)