Posted 07/23/2022 04:52 am
It is indeed from Israel, but it isn't actually a coin - though it does look like one, which is presumably the intent.
It very closely resembles a 1 agorah coin from the 1980-1985 series - compare with the Numista example. The obverse design is very similar, only the palm tree has been replaced by an olive branch; the inscriptions, the name "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic, are identical to that on a genuine coin. And the other side, instead of saying "1 agorah hadashah" (1 new agora), your item says "1 shalom". In Hebrew, "shalom" means "peace", and is also used as a greeting, like "hello". It does not bear a date, though the style of coin it imitates no doubt indicates the manufacturing date range.
I do not know who issued these "1 shalom" tokens or exactly what they mean - which meaning of "shalom" is intended; the deliberate substitution of an olive branch on the obverse tells me the "peace" meaning is most likely.
It very closely resembles a 1 agorah coin from the 1980-1985 series - compare with the Numista example. The obverse design is very similar, only the palm tree has been replaced by an olive branch; the inscriptions, the name "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic, are identical to that on a genuine coin. And the other side, instead of saying "1 agorah hadashah" (1 new agora), your item says "1 shalom". In Hebrew, "shalom" means "peace", and is also used as a greeting, like "hello". It does not bear a date, though the style of coin it imitates no doubt indicates the manufacturing date range.
I do not know who issued these "1 shalom" tokens or exactly what they mean - which meaning of "shalom" is intended; the deliberate substitution of an olive branch on the obverse tells me the "peace" meaning is most likely.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
