Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4240909
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
Israel, Voice of Israel Jubilee, 1986
Publisher
Value
Country
Year
1986
Collection / set
Material
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
Emblem of the Voice of Israel and the inscription: "Jubilee of "Kol Israel" the Voice of Israel 1936-1986"
Reverse
Voice waves featuring human heads. The verse: "You heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; only a voice" (Deuteronomy 4:12)
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
59
Number
Details
On 30th March,1936, the British authorities in Palestine decided to permit broadcasting in Hebrew on the mandatory radio. After fifty years of broadcasting, Kol Israel of today, the state radio, broadcasts over 6 wavelengths