King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 999 pure gold coin, new fancy packaging.

King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 999 pure gold coin, new fancy packaging.
Year of issue: 2021

Gold metal

Purity level: 999

Quality: Smooth

Weight: 1.24 grams

Diameter: 13.92 mm

Face value: 1 NIS

Final/maximum issue quantity: 5,000 units only

Imprint: the letter "M"

Design: Aharon Shebo

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King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

The 25th coin in the "Pictures from the Bible" series

Legal process in the issuance of the Bank of Israel

The story of the ancient "Queen of Sheba" is mentioned in the Bible and in history books.

According to the biblical story, the Queen of Sheba is not mentioned by name, she is described as the one who went up to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon and gauge his famous wisdom "and come to test him with riddles" (Kings 1, 10, 1).

King Solomon passed the riddles successfully because "nothing was lost from the king" (verse 3).

Apparently in the eyes of the Queen of Sheba, from the king's house to the king's dinner, exceeds her own expectations. And so she says: "Behold, I was not told the other half. You added wisdom and goodness to the rumor I heard" (verse 7). In addition to the warm words, the Queen of Sheba leaves appropriate gifts. King Solomon, for his part, did not remain indebted and gave her "every thing that she had borrowed" (verse 13).

The story "The Queen of Sheba", is a chapter describing the greatness of King Solomon, his wealth and wisdom. The glow, the splendor and splendor from the king's court and the king himself.

Beyond the story, that the visit of the Queen of Sheba was to measure the wisdom of King Solomon, it seems that the visit had another political purpose. King Solomon tried to establish a shipping line to the Far East, such a shipping line harms the economies of the desert tribes that transported goods on camel caravans. It is possible that the purpose of the Queen of Sheba's visit was to stop trade by sea.

It is recorded that the visit of the "Queen of Sheba" ended in an agreement with the king "and King Solomon gave the Queen of Sheba every thing" (13).

The Ethiopian ethos Kabra Nagashta continues and details the story between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon. It is said that the king invited the queen to a feast the day before her return to her kingdom and demanded that spicy food be prepared in order to make her thirsty. At night, when she woke up from thirst and drank water, the king jumped out of his hiding place and claimed that water is the most valuable thing in his kingdom and she must pay for it. The queen agreed to Shlomo and from this meeting the queen became pregnant. On her way back to Israel she gave birth to their son "Abna al Hakim" (Son of the Wise), also known as Menelik.

Description of the coin of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Subject side: King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba in Solomon's palace, next to twelve golden lions that decorated the steps of Solomon's throne.

The side of the value: the symbol of the country, the face value, the word "Israel" in Hebrew, English and Arabic, the year of issue and the mint mark. In the circumference, the inscription "King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba" in Hebrew, English, and Arabic, in the center a decorative element of one of Solomon's golden lions.

Design: Aharon Shabo