Kinnor Lyre 25 Agorot Israel Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Harp) (Violin) (Guitar)
Obverse: Three-stringed lyre; "Israel" in Hebrew and Arabic
Lettering: اسرائيل ישראל
Reverse: Value
Lettering:
25 אגורות
תשל"א
Features
Issuer Israel
Period State of Israel (1948-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 5720-5739 (1960-1979)
Calendar Hebrew
Value 25 Agorot (0.25 ILP)
Currency Pound (1960-1980)
Composition Aluminium-bronze
Weight 6.5 g
Diameter 25.5 mm
Thickness 1.94 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 22 February 1980
Number N# 2052
References KM# 27
Wikipedia:
Kinnor (Hebrew: כִּנּוֹר) is an ancient Israelite musical instrument in the yoke lutes family, the first one to be mentioned in the Old Testament.
Its exact identification is unclear, but in the modern day it is generally translated as "harp" or "lyre", and associated with a type of lyre depicted in Israelite imagery, particularly the Bar Kochba coins. It has been referred to as the "national instrument" of the Jewish people, and modern luthiers have created reproduction lyres of the "kinnor" based on this imagery.
The word has subsequently come to mean violin in Modern Hebrew.
