The Jewish calendar dates back more than 5700 years and Israeli coins are dated as such.

The number system employs many consonants from the Hebrew alphabet. Different ‘letters’ are used to denote 5,000, 700, 10, 20, 30 etc. and 1 to 9.

From 1948 to 1981 the dates omitted the symbol for 5,000. From 1981 to the present this is included.

The table lists dates of issues from 1948 to 2010. Two different notations were used for 1960.

All Hebrew dates are read from right to left.

Example 1:

Hebrew date: = 737 = (5)737 = 1977 AD.

Example 2:

Hebrew date: = 5758 = 1998 AD.

Example 3:

Hebrew date: = 5766 = 2006 AD.