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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zohar444, post: 1158130, member: 13450&quot;]<b>Utrecht Die Variety</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you really want to get into it, this one is a toughie - especially in high grades - <img src="http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k353/Zohar444/utrecht-horz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">The utrecht variety is one of the most famous rarities in the Israel trade coin series. The smaller wreath (farther from rim) variety, below right as compared with the Berne die, was struck using in the Royal Dutch Mint at Utrecht. Sylvia Haffner writes: &quot;The 1954 reduced size 100 Prutah was withdrawn from circulation shortly after issue when it was discovered that the similarity in size to the 50 Prutah led to confusion between the two. The number of coins destroyed is not available. The difference between the Berne and utrecht dies was not discovered until 1960, three years after the coins were released in 1957. </font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><font face="Arial">Only about 1,000 of the utrecht die variety are presently believed to exist. Most I have seen are in VF-XF condition. </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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