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2025-04-07 16:26:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5D0338DC079335833C8B5A2296CD1A8FB4F08CE96411163F2B9CC93E42A50C2B
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Original Note:
This is a British coin for the territory Britain was mandated to administer, called Mandatory Palestine, not a country called Palestine. https://web.archive.org/web/20131125014738/http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/2FCA2C68106F11AB05256BCF007BF3CB The mandate required Britain to fulfill Balfour Declaration https://www.britannica.com/event/Balfour-Declaration This coin says א''י, standing for Eretz Yisrael, meaning land of Israel. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/eretz-israel#:~:text=Eretz%20Yisrael%20in%20British%20English,literally:%20Land%20of%20Israel
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