The reverse contains the value, the date, and Israel in Hebrew, Arabic and English. The obverse contains a lily, "Yehud" in ancient Hebrew, and the state emblem. Each item on the obverse is significant. The lily is commonly referred to in the Old Testament. Yehud is still a town in Israel, but the significance here is that it was in Yehud, in Judea, where they minted coins during the Persian reign around the 6th - 4th century B.C. Finally, the state emblem, is actually a Menorah.
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