25 Lirot David Ben Gurion

Features

Issuer	Israel
Issuing entity	Israel Government Coins and medals Corp.
Period	State of Israel (1948-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	5734 (1974)
Calendar	Hebrew
Value	25 Israeli Pounds (לירות) (25 ILP)
Currency	Pound (1960-1980)
Composition	Silver (.935)
Weight	26 g
Diameter	37 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 13950
References	KM# 79 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , ICMC# 22530372, 22531378 Israel Coins and Medals Corporation (https://israelmint.com)

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Commemorative issue

David Ben-Gurion

Series: Non Serialized

Obverse

In the center the Israel State Emblem with the word "Israel" in Hebrew at the base. Around the upper border, the face value in Hebrew, 25 Israeli Lirot on the silver coins, 500 Israeli Lirot on the gold coin. Beneath, "Israel" in English and Arabic and the mint year "5735-1974".

Scripts: Arabic, Hebrew, Latin

Lettering:
עשרים וחמש לירות ישראליות
ישראל
اسرائيل תשל"ה 1974 ISRAEL

Designer: Zvi Narkiss

Reverse

A likeness of Ben Gurion and the words "David Ben Gurion" in Hebrew and English.

Scripts: Hebrew, Latin

Lettering:
דוד בן-גוריון DAVID BEN-GURION
תרמ"ז-תשל"ד 1886-1973

Designers: A. Bernheim, André Lasserre

Edge

Smooth or reeded

Mints

	Bern, Switzerland (1225-date)
	Jerusalem, Israel

Comments

David Ben-Gurion
Special Coin Issue 5735-1974

David Ben-Gurion came to Palestine in 1906 and worked as a farm laborer. He was banished from Palestine during the First World War and arrived in the U.S., which was then still neutral. Together with his colleague Yitzhak Ben Tsvi, he mobilized a battalion of volunteers, ready to fight on the side of the Allies. He arrived in Palestine as a member of the Jewish Legion, serving with the British "Royal Fusiliers".
For 14 years, beginning in 1921, he served as head of the Hebrew Federation of Labor in Palestine. He was Chairman of the Jewish Agency 1935-1948. During the Second World War he set the policy: To fight beside Britain against Hitler and, at the same time, to increase the tempo of Jewish immigration and to extend the limits of settlement. Following the War he demanded the immediate establishment of a Jewish State - known as the Baltimore Program, and led the "Haganah" political struggle against the British Mandatory Power. On May 14, 1948, he proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel.

On May 26, 1948, he established the Israel Defense Force. As Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, he led the nation during the War of Independence and the Sinai Campaign. Rich in credits for helping build the country and defending it, he settled, at the twilight of his career, in Sdeh Boker, a Kibbutz in the Negev, an area which he, the visionary, sought to develop thereby creating a new reality.

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Date	Mintage	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
5734 (1974) ✡	99 291	$ 54	$ 54	$ 54	ICMC# 22530372 Israel Coins and Medals Corporation (https://israelmint.com)	תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	73%
5734 (1974) מ	64 153	$ 50	$ 50	$ 64	ICMC# 22531378 Israel Coins and Medals Corporation (https://israelmint.com)	תשל״ה KM#79.2 (reeded edge); Bern; Proof	41%

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Bullion value: USD 53.49 Search tips

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Actual silver weight: 0.782 oz

Current silver price: 68.43 USD/oz (see silver price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 188 Lot 1864	27 Mar 2026	5734 (1974) ✡ – ICMC# 22530372 – תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	UNC	USD 54.26 (EUR 47.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 182 Lot 2497	6 Feb 2026	5734 (1974) ✡ – ICMC# 22530372 – תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	UNC	USD 41.56 (EUR 36.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 161 Lot 2132	18 Jun 2025	5734 (1974) ✡ – ICMC# 22530372 – תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	UNC	USD 20.78 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 154 Lot 2261	12 Apr 2025	5734 (1974) ✡ – ICMC# 22530372 – תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	UNC	USD 32.33 (EUR 28.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 149 Lot 3006	8 Feb 2025	5734 (1974) ✡ – ICMC# 22530372 – תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	UNC	USD 25.40 (EUR 22.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 146 Lot 3145	14 Dec 2024	5734 (1974) ✡ – ICMC# 22530372 – תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	UNC	USD 19.63 (EUR 17.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 144 Lot 811	17 Nov 2024	5734 (1974) ✡ – ICMC# 22530372 – תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	UNC	USD 24.24 (EUR 21.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 141 Lot 3781	25 Oct 2024	5734 (1974) ✡ – ICMC# 22530372 – תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	UNC	USD 27.71 (EUR 24.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 141 Lot 3780	25 Oct 2024	5734 (1974) ✡ – ICMC# 22530372 – תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	UNC	USD 23.09 (EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 136 Lot 3276	28 Aug 2024	5734 (1974) ✡ – ICMC# 22530372 – תשל״ה KM#79.1 (smooth edge); Jerusalem	UNC	USD 18.47 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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