New Israel Coins

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Darn coin was hard to work with because of its shape and the desire not to lose the reeded edge.

 

Love the first one. Could someone post the words? Is it the same design on both sides.

 

The wording on the obverse is, I believe, part of the dead sea scrolls. I'd need to ask my daughter which text, but I'd be willing to bet Isiah. The reverse is in post 2

 

Many coins, especially commemorative and collector coins, from Israel have excellent designs, but ... maybe they should have picked a combination of those characters and the scroll fragments, not sure. The Qumran rock caves I find hard to recognize. And this is not due to the photos (yours are good) but to the design, I think.

Christian

 

I agree it is a bit busy.

 

I think the top image does a good job of showing its intention. The design was intended to show a great multidimensional affect with the cave having the illusion of forcing itself into the users space. This was not easy to pull off in mintage. The shape was also ambitious and made it had to edit, especially the reeded edge.

 

this is the reverse Hankah

 

Herodian

 

Qumran 1/2 Shekel

 

The Hanukka coin I like; an ornate (due to the style of that hanukkia) and yet not "overboarding" design. Too bad they issue one every year - might get expensive. Similarly, the Herodion coin is an interesting combination of abstract (the mountains) and concrete/detailed (the fortress and palace in the center) ...

Christian

 

This particular Chunukah coin is particulary special. Look closely at the detail of the Damascus Menorah, especially the wholes in the upper part of the back of the Menorah design. Generally, I'm not in love with these coins, but I thought this one was the cream of the crop. was that minted in Munich as well?

Ruben

 

BTW - they were picked up very cheap, about 20 dollars each.

 

Hmm, the certificate says "Minted at the Gov. Mint, Jerusalem" ...

Christian

 

Yeah - I don't think they have a mint. They've been outsourcing their coin mintage for a long time. They were using the Franklin Mint for a long time and then they have used Munich, Utrecht, and Finish mints at least, in previous times. I think they have been keeping the mintage locations secret over resent years for security purposes.

 

With many coins we do indeed not know which mint made them. But in the case of Israel, some? many? mints are known. The Coins & Medals Corp. (ICMC) has a nice online catalog of coins issued by Israel: http://www.israelmint.com/?section=509 ... and while in other cases they do say Munich, or Utrecht, etc., in this case the item description says Jerusalem too: http://www.israelmint.com/?section=509&product=2737&lineItem=717

Not sure whether there is a (currently operational) mint in Israel. The "Jerusalem Mint" is near the JFK airport.

Christian

 

really? I was just goggling that. There is a Jerusalem mint in Lawrence making ideological coins with the third Temple on Mt Moira. I get the feeling they are not minting coins for the Country.

 

Very nice coins bro... The 1 Shuequel coin is beautifoul, also is the first what you posted.

Greetings