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phxccol
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 Posted 06/20/2012  4:24 pm Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add phxccol to your friends list Get a Link to this Message

Hi all. I'm having a very hard time identifying this set of Israel coins. Is it a proof or proof-like set? What year? It's from my father's collection and he mostly collected in the 1960s so I'm guessing they're from that decade. I can't find anything at all on the web about this set so I thought I'd turn to you for help. Any clues would be greatly appreciated.

There are 16 coins and they're in a felt book. The only written information on the book is "Israel Coins and Medals company".



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 Posted 06/20/2012  4:45 pm  Show Profile Check kenney's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add kenney to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
can you take a picture of the other side. the date should be on the other side written in hebrew.
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 Posted 06/20/2012  4:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add phxccol to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The back is completely blank. Here's a picture of the front. The back looks just like this, but without the gold colored emblem.



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 Posted 06/20/2012  6:16 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add phxccol to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
One of the coins fell out and I can determine that it's 1949. But I still don't know anything about this set. Any help would be great!
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 Posted 06/20/2012  7:11 pm  Show Profile Check kenney's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add kenney to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
can't find anything really specific. except for this one on eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FULL-SET-16...em3a71846d70

with different coins than yours, So I'm thinking that it's a type of Dansco album set.
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Thanks!
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 Posted 06/21/2012  03:47 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add coinsnpaper to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is the set MS2 of 1962, with the coins from 1949 to 1962. According to Krause it has KM12a, 13.2a, 17-20, 20a, 24.1, 25-27, which are (KM12a)25 Pruta (grapes)nickel-clad steel, 1954;(KM13.2a) 50 Pruta (grape leaves) nickel-clad steel, 1954; KM17 10 Pruta (pitcher) scalloped aluminum 1952; KM18 100 Pruta (palm tree) copper-nickel 1954; KM19 100 Pruta (palm tree)nickel-coated steel 1955; KM20 10 Pruta Pitcher Aluminum 1957; KM20a 10 Pruta Pitcher Copper-electroplated aluminum 1957; KM24.1 1 Agora Barley Ears scalloped aluminum 1962; KM 25 5 Agorot Pomegranates Aluminum-Bronze 1962;
Km26 10 Agorot Palm Aluminum-Bronze 1962; KM27 25 Agorot Lyre Aluminum Bronze 1962.
I see all these issues are here, but there are several others. From the top, left to right, the set includes KM16 500 Pruta pomegranates 0.500 silver 1949; ROW 2:KM 15 250 Pruta Barley Copper-Nickel 1949; KM15a 250 Pruta Barley 0.500 silver 1949; ROW 3 KM14 100 Pruta Palm Copper-Nickel 1949; KM18; KM13.2; ROW 4 KM20a; KM11 10 Pitcher Bronze 1949; KM20; ROW 5: KM12a; KM10 5 Pruta Lyre Bronze 1949; KM9 1 Pruta Anchor aluminum 1949; ROW 6: KM24.1; ROW 7: KM 25-26-27. This is an official Mint set- Uncirculated coins- the Israel Coins and Medals Company is the Official distributor of Israeli Collector Coins, in Canadian terms, a Crown Company, and the set was worth $75 in 2007. It is probably worth a good $100+ by now, with the silver coins. There were 4,000 sets made, and they sold for $18.50, which, I remember, was a large sum for 1962. A nice collection. If you wanted to go further, you could look over the 1949-57 coins for varieties. Some of them had dots or no dots, and large or small wreaths.
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 Posted 06/21/2012  1:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add phxccol to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That is fantastic! Thank you so much!

I'm going through looking for varieties, but I can't get over how clean they are. They look like they just came off the mint. Should I consider getting some of them graded or should I keep the set together?
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 Posted 06/21/2012  2:25 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add coinsnpaper to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I would keep the set together, handle with cloth or plastic gloves, The set was put together to show the issues of Israel from 1949 to 1962, and is lovely.
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 Posted 06/21/2012  6:39 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add phxccol to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I've taken some better pictures of individual coins so I'll move over to the appropriate forum to see what you think of the grade. Thanks again!!
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