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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1005544, member: 57463&quot;]20 cents US - 20 pence UK - 70 agorot</p><p><br /></p><p>In numismatics, some objects attract extraordinary and disproportional attention. Those have abnormal prices which become news items for a day.&nbsp; Generally, coins are among the most common artifacts of any place and time.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was issued to celebrate the centennial of Mohandas Gandhi&#039;&#039;s birth -- about 30 million of them over two years, 1969-1970:&nbsp; </p><p>Bombay Mint 10 Million circulating </p><p>and 9 million Proof</p><p>Calcutta Mint 12 million circulating.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So many of the Proof coins have been saved by patriotic Indians that the price for one is half of the Bombay issue in Uncirculated grade: 50 cents US or 1.5 new shekels.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But, if the history is interesting to you, then that is all that matters.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an international focus for travelers, Israel must be awash with foreign currency.&nbsp; Generally, coins have no value: banknotes are legal obligations of the central authority, but coins are only tokens (generally).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you offered 30 shekels for a kilo of mixed foreign coins, you would have a crowd outside your door.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Have you visited any coin stores?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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