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The 14-year-old twins donated the coins they had found to the Israel Department of Antiquities in 1949. [1] He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1954. After completing his army service in 1956 he became a member of Kibbutz Hazerim, where he married Adaya Weiss in 1956. [ 2 ]
There are coins of 10 and 50 agorot, though the 50 agorot coin bears the inscription: "1 ⁄ 2 New Shekel". The 1 agora coin was withdrawn from circulation on April 1, 1991 by the Bank of Israel, [3] as was the 5 agorot coin on January 1, 2008; in each case the value had shrunk to much less than the cost of production.
This rare coin is notable because it doesn’t contain a mint mark; the U.S. Mint deliberately didn’t include mint marks on coins produced from 1965 to 1967, to limit coin hoarding. The Mint ...
Israel Coins and Medals Corp. is the body permitted by the Government of Israel to issue the official State Medals of Israel [1] and under an exclusive contract with the Bank of Israel, the corporation is the exclusive worldwide distributor of the commemorative coins and special banknote issues of the Bank of Israel. [2]
The coins were conceived, in part, by Israeli graphic designer Otte Wallish. All coins and banknotes issued in Israel before June 1952 were part of the Palestine pound. In 1960, coins were issued denominated in agora. There were 1, 5, 10 and 25 agorot pieces. In 1963, IL 1 ⁄ 2 and IL 1 coins were introduced, followed by IL 5 coins in 1978.
The Bank of Israel maintains that the 10 agorot design was selected for its historical value, and is a "replica of a coin issued by Mattathias Antigonus (40–37 B.C.E.) with the seven-branched candelabrum". [6] The design, by Nathan Karp, first appeared on the 100 shekel coin issued by the Bank of Israel on 2 May 1984. [7]
When rifling through change or found coins, always make sure to put aside all pre-1965 Roosevelt dimes, which contain a 90% silver composition and are worth significantly more than their face value.
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