Israel City of Jerusalem (GOLD, 5726) 1966 

• 1966 
• Commemorative tokens 
• Israel Mint 
• Israel 

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Tokens / Medals

Israel City of Jerusalem (GOLD, 5726) 1966

1966

Bar-Kochba Coin of Jerusalem 3893 (Hebrew above) 133 CE (English below) Jerusalem (Ancient Hebrew center)

Mountains round about Jerusalem (in Hebrew & English)

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Mass: 30g of 0.917 Mintage: 1,500 Edge: State of Israel (Hebrew & English), menorah, and serial number - In the center is a replica of the Bar Kochba Jerusalem coin, struck during the second year of the revolt. - Jerusalem is mentioned six hundred and fifty six times in Scriptures and has played a unique role in Jewish history as a capital city, and a holy city. - King David captured the city some three thousand years ago and made it his capital, the city of David, Solomon added to its glory and established the Temple there, Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the Temple and sent the people into captivity. During the reign of Cyrus, the Jews returned to their land and built the Second Temple which endured for 608 years ending in the Roman destruction. Bar Kochba, sixty years later, returned Jewish sovereignty to the city. When the city fell again to the Romans, Jews were forbidden to enter it or the Temple site. For more than 18 centuries, Jerusalem was held by various conquerors - Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamelukes and Turks. During recent centuries, however, Jerusalem became the largest Jewish settlement in Palestine. By 1860 a series of new neighborhoods were established in the city. The Jewish population grew gradually and in time became dominant in the city. During the War of Independence, Jewish Jerusalem defended itself with supreme valor. Neither steady bombardment, nor the siege; neither starvation nor the indifferent antagonistic attitude of the British Mandatory rulers, could defeat it. To be sure, the Old City and its eastern part were captured by the Jordanian Legion, but the attempt to wrest Jerusalem from the Jewish State failed. On 22 Kislev 5710, Prime Minister David Ben Gurion proclaimed Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and during the Six Day War, the Old City and the eastern part were liberated and Jerusalem was again united under Israeli rule.