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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cplradar, post: 7955249, member: 108985&quot;]As I was categorizing today my coins in the software, I got to the 1954 Purta</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1378967[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Anacs was nice enough to label this a 13.2a in the Krause and I looked that up and relaized there are actually 3 varieties of these (not the two I thought).&nbsp; Aside from the reeded rarer reeded edge, there is smooth edged ones.&nbsp; But there are two different materials, a coper-nickel version with about 4.5 million strikes, and a steal-nickel version (not sure what it is exactly) that slightly weighs less, 600mgs less, and might be slightly larger (with seems contraraian)&nbsp; in diameter by a 10th of mm.&nbsp; Now I am looking for the mint and it seems the NGC site beleives there is a T mint mark on it for Tel-Aviv.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>KM# 13.2 50 PRUTA</p><p>5.60 g., Copper-Nickel, 23.5 mm. Obv: Grape</p><p>country name in Hebrew and Arabic Rev: Value</p><p>Hebrew within wreath Edge: Plain</p><p>Date</p><p>Mintage</p><p>F12 VF20 XF40</p><p>JE5714 (1954) (t)</p><p>4,500,000</p><p>— 0.50 1.00</p><p>leaves and</p><p>and date in</p><p>MS60 MS63</p><p>1.50 3.00</p><p>KM# 13.2a 50 PRUTA</p><p>5.00 g., Nickel Clad Steel, 23.6 mm. Obv: Grape leaves and</p><p>country name in Hebrew and Arabic Rev: Value and date in</p><p>Hebrew within wreath Edge: Plain</p><p>Date</p><p>Mintage F12 VF20 XF40 MS60 MS63</p><p>JE5714 (1954) (t)</p><p>17,773,633</p><p>— 0.50 1.00 1.50 3.00</p><p><br /></p><p>I see no mint marks on it and I&#039;m wondering where it might have been minted?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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