1960 ISRAEL 5 Lirot Silver Herzl commemorative coin- BU

Description

One (1) 1960 ISRAEL 5 Lirot Silver 12th Anniversary of Independence – BU. Some of these are BU some are BU GEM condition. Some of the coins have beautiful patina.
12th Anniversary of Independence – Theodore Herzl Centenary 1960 Silver (.900) 5 Lirot
Country Israel
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 5720 (1960)
Calendar Hebrew
Value 5 Lirot (5 ILP)
Currency Israeli pound/lira (1952-1980)
Composition Silver (.900)
Weight 25 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness 3.5 mm
References KM# 29
Commemorative issue
Israel’s 12th Anniversary of Independence – Theodore Herzl Centenary 5720-1960
Obverse
Upper left is the word “Israel” in Hebrew and Arabic and below it the years 5620-5720 1860-1960. Below is the face value “5 Israeli Lirot” in Hebrew.
Lettering:
ישראל
اسرائيل
תרך-תשך
1860 – 1960
5 לירות ישראליות
Translation:
ISRAEL
5620-5720 (1860-1960)
5 ISRAELI LIROT
Engraver: Miriam Karoli
Reverse
In the upper right a portrayal of Theodore Herzl in an incuse rectangle with rounded corners. In the lower border, center, is the Israel State Emblem and left, in Hebrew, “It is no legend”, part of Herzl’s famous saying: “If you will it, it is no legend”.
Lettering: אין זו אגדה
Translation: It is no legend
Engraver: Andre Lasserre
Edge
Inscribed.
Translation:
Twelfth Year of the State of Israel
Centenary of Herzl’s Birth
Comments
The Israel 12th Anniversary Coin honored the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodore Herzl, the Herzl Centenary.
“If the Jewish people desire it, then they will have their own State”, wrote Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl in his book ‘The Jewish State”. He aroused the collective will of a nation and raised the dreams of redemption on the road to political realization. In September 1897 Herzl wrote: “In Basel I founded the Jewish State. Perhaps in five years, but certainly in 50 years, everyone will be convinced of this.” On November 29, 1947, exactly fifty years later, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution recommending the establishment of an independent Jewish State.