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Thursday, April 15, 2010

An Akko World Heritage Coin from UNESCO

THE CITY OF AKKO (Acre) is getting its own UNESCO coin:
City of Akko Next in UNESCO Coin Series

By World Coin News
April 14, 2010

Third in the “UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Israel” series is a coin honoring the city of Akko. Recorded in ancient Babylonian and Egyptian sources, the city of Akko, also known as Acre, is located in the western Galilee region of Israel. It has a 4,000-year-old history, one of the longest in the world.

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