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Israel - Victory - 2 coins - silver 900, 26 g, 37 mm.
Israel – Victory – 2 coins – silver 900, 26 g, 37 mm.
Total silver weight – 52 grams.
Special Currency, 1967
The Victory Coin was issued to mark the victory of the Israel Defence Forces in the Six Day War, June 5-11, 1967.
"Those were days of awesome splendour, " said Prime Minister Levi Eshkol to the Knesset on June 2,1967. "Our nation will remember them for generations. They were days to uplift man and his spirit, the entire nation was marshaled to fight for its life and hopes. Everyman knew his duty; he carried out his assignment; attended to his post. Thus, victory was ours I"
Obverse: In the center, the emblem of the Israel Defence Forces, against a stylized star. Around the upper border, between the rays of the star, the word "Israel" in Arabic, Hebrew and English. Around the lower border, the face value"10 Israeli Lirot" in Hebrew on the silver coins, on the gold coin "100 Israeli Lirot".
Reverse: The Western Wall. Around the lower border, to the right, the date of its restoration to Jewish worship, in Hebrew "28th day of lyar 5727" and "1967" in English.