TOKEN:1966 Phone Token "Asimon" Do'ar Yisrael Israeli PG TC# 121479

Israeli telephone token, commonly known as an Asimon (אסימון).
Here's more information about it:
Purpose and History: These tokens were used to make calls from public payphones in Israel from the 1950s until the early 1990s, when they were replaced by phone cards and eventually made obsolete by the rise of mobile phones.
Design and Features:
Obverse: Features the year of issue according to the Hebrew calendar and the word "telephone" in both Hebrew (טלפון) and Arabic (هاتف) below a stylized gazelle or deer design.
Reverse: Typically includes the words "Israel Postal Company" in Hebrew, as the postal service operated the phone system.
Material and Size: Made of a copper-nickel alloy, appearing silver-gray, and generally around 19mm in diameter (similar to a US penny).
Cultural Significance: The term "Asimon" still exists in modern Hebrew as an idiom, "yarad lo ha'simon" (ירד לו האסימון), which literally means "his token dropped" and is used to express someone finally understanding som