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I love u Brocster or whatever ur name is lol, thanks a million man, u made my life easier

 

One more thing...

Hey again, Spider!

Thanks for "sharing the love".

The link I posted about the token shekels is not what you need. Once I saw the picture, I realized that it was a modern-day shekel.

Here are all the details:

modern 1-shekel coin

As for the date, that's a slightly complicated story. In Hebrew, each letter also has a numerical value (somewhat similar to the Latin method of numbering, where L = 50, X = 10, etc.). You can read all about it here if you're interested.

But that's only half the story. The Hebrew calendar is based not on the sun (which is how we track time) but on the moon. Yep, a good ol' lunar calendar! Add to that the fact that the current year is 5765 in Israel (at least until the New Year begins in September, then it'll be 5766). Confused yet???

Based on the image you posted, it looks like your 1-shekel coin was minted in 1981 (Hebrew year 5741). I'm not 100% sure, since it's a little hard to see the "digits", but maybe someone else can double-check me on that one.

Hope that helps!

- Andrew

 

Israel trade coin 1 Sheqel 5741/1981, KM-111

Brocster, you pinpointed the Israeli coin allright! KM-111, One Sheqel 5741 (1981). First year of issue. 1981 Mintage 54.5 million (!) coins. Present collector value uncirculated approx. $0.30 .

 

thanks all, time to research the links, Ill post some older Polish coins that need identifying farely soon GD lol thanks every1

 

wow thanks again man, my second biggest country collection is Poland cause thats what my older family members give me, but i never knew how great their coins looked and all the different kinds they issue every year

 

Let me just say to Andrew, when you indicated you wanted to wait until you had something to add to the knowledge base - wow, you really meant it. Nice post, it is people like you and the work you put into the research shown that make forums like this as valuable as they are to everyone involved. Kudos to you!

 

Hi Spyder,

I just started collecting World coins myself and found this site to be a tremendous help. Once you know the origin of the coin it will help to further identify the coin. They also have great pictures of each coin. Just select the country, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "View all".

http://worldcoingallery.com/

Good Luck in your research !!

 

lol brochster gave that site already lol