Israel - 4 pairs of Song of Songs coins. 1. "Your eyes are doves" 1 shekel (silver 900, 3.46 g ...

Israel - 4 pairs of Song of Songs coins. 1. "Your eyes are doves" 1 shekel (silver 900, 3.46 g, 18 mm.) And 2 shekels (silver 925, 28.8 g, 38.7 mm). 2. "Mountain Tigers" NIS 1 and NIS 2. 3. "And you look like a deer" 1 shekel and 2 shekels. "For the moose dirt" NIS 1 and NIS 2. 1: Dove and Cedar Flora and Fauna from the Song of Songs Coin, 1991/5752 The Songs of Songs is perhaps the most sublime love poem ever written. Attributed to King Solomon, the Song of Songs is regarded as a conversation between the People of Israel and God and an expression of God's deep and eternal love for Israel. Some take the poems at face value, as expressions of the innocent human love of shepherds and shepherdesses in the bosom of nature. All agree on the beauty of its poetry, which reflects a deep love of the landscape, springtime, and flora and fauna of Israel. The "Cedar and Dove" Commemorative Coin is first in the "Flora and Fauna from the Song of Songs" Series. He sings to her: "Thou art fair my love... thou hast dove's eyes, " while to her, he is "excellent as the cedars". Obverse: Face value in Hebrew and English, 1 New Sheqel on the Silver B.U. and 18mm Gold Coin, 2 New Sheqalim on the Silver Proof Coin, 5 New Sheqalim on the 22mm Gold Coin. Right, the Israel State Emblem, left, two cedar trees. Around the border, "ISRAEL" in Hebrew, Arabic and English and biblical quote "excellent as the cedars" and reference, "song of songs 5:15", in Hebrew and English. Reverse: A dove in flight with clefts of rock in the background. Around the border, biblical quote "THOU HAST DOVES' EYES, reference "song of songs 4:1", and mint year 1991 / 5752 2: Leopard and Palm Tree "Flora and Fauna from the Song of Songs" Coin, 1994/5755 The Song of Songs is perhaps the most sublime love poem ever written. Attributed to King Solomon, the Song of Songs is regarded as a conversation between the People of Israel and God and an expression of God's deep and eternal love for Israel. Some take the poems at face value, as expressions of the innocent human love of shepherds and shepherdesses in the bosom of nature. All agree on the beauty of its poetry, which reflects a deep love of the landscape, springtime, and flora and fauna of Israel. The "Leopard and Palm Tree Commemorative Coin is fourth in the "Flora and Fauna from the Song of Songs" Series. The leopard is symbol of boldness and the lofty date palm, one of the Seven Species, represents height and beauty. Obverse: Face value in Hebrew and English, 1 New Sheqel on the Silver B.U. Coin and 18mm Gold Coin, 2 New Sheqalim on the Silver Proof Coin, 5 New Sheqalim on the 22mm Gold Coin, right of the face value, a date palm, above left, the Israel State Emblem, in the upper left-hand border, "ISRAEL" in Hebrew, Arabic and English, around the lower border, the words "thy stature is like to a palm tree"and reference "song of songs 7:7" in Hebrew and English. Reverse: A leopard, around the border, the biblical passage "from the mountains of the leopards" and the source, "song of songs 4:8", in Hebrew and in English and mint year 1994 / 5755. 3: "Flora and Fauna from the Song of Songs" Coin, 1992/5753 The Roe and Lily of the Valleys The Song of Songs is perhaps the most sublime love poem ever written. Attributed to King Solomon, the Song of Songs is regarded as a conversation between the People of Israel and God, and an expression of God's deep and eternal love for Israel. Some take the poems at face value, as expressions of the innocent human love of shepherds and shepherdesses in the bosom of nature. All agree on the beauty of its poetry, which reflects a deep love of the landscape, springtime, and flora and fauna of Israel. The "Roe and Lily of the Valley" commemorative coin is second in the "Flora and Fauna from the Song of Songs" Series. "Be thou like to a roe" she tells him, while comparing herself to "the lily of the valleys". Obverse: Face value in Hebrew and English, 1 New Sheqel on the Silver B.U. Coin and 18mm Gold Coin, 2 New Sheqalim on the Silver Proof Coin, 5 New Sheqalim on the 22mm Gold Coin. Right of the face value is the Israel State Emblem, left, the Lily of the Valleys. "ISRAEL appears in Hebrew, Arabic and English with the biblical quote "lily of the valleys" and the source "song of songs 2:1" in Hebrew and English. Reverse: A roe against a background of a field of flowers. Around the border is the biblical quote "LIKE TO A ROE" appears and reference "(song of songs 8:14)", in Hebrew and in English with the mint year 1992 / 5753. 4: """Flora and Fauna in the Song of Songs"" Coin, 1993/5755 Young Hart and Apple Tree The Song of Songs is perhaps the most sublime love poem ever written. Attributed to King Solomon, the Song of Songs is regarded as a conversation between the People of Israel and God and an expression of God's deep and eternal love for Israel. Some take the poems at face value, as expressions of the innocent human love of shepherds and shepherdesses in the bosom of nature. All agree on the beauty of its poetry, which reflects a deep love of the landscape, springtime, and flora and fauna of Israel. The ""Young Hart and Apple Tree"" Commemorative Coin is third in the ""Flora and Fauna from the Song of Songs"" Series. She compares her beloved to a ""young hart"" and to the ""apple tree among the trees of the forest"". Obverse: Face value in Hebrew and English, 1 New Sheqel on the Silver B.U. Coin and 18mm Gold Coin, 2 New Sheqalim on the Silver Proof Coin, 5 New Sheqalim on the 22mm Gold Coin. The Israel State emblem and hawthorne branch (representing the biblical apple tree) with its fruit appear with the word ""ISRAEL' in Hebrew, Arabic and English. Along the circumference is the biblical quote ""as the apple tree"" and the source ""song of songs 2:3"" in Hebrew and English. Reverse: A young hart with its mother in a field of flowers, in the upper border, biblical quote ""A YOUNG HART"", reference ""song of songs 8:14"" in Hebrew and in English and mint year 1993 / 5754"