Description:
Obverse
1 sheqel. Emblem of the State of Israel. Date of issue: 1985 - 5745.
Reverse
Sailing vessel from the times of King Solomon, the motif having been taken from an ancient Hebrew seal which belonged to "Onihayu BenMairav". The word "Israel" in Hebrew, English and Arabic.
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