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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 1128053, member: 6229&quot;]You probably know the first coins struck for Israel were minted in 1948 durin its War of Independence.&nbsp; You probably know that first coin bears the denomination 25 Mils on its obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may even know that 25 Mils coin is made of aluninum.</p><p>You may know 42,500 pieces were produced for circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Do you know the following?</p><p><br /></p><p>It is the only Israeli coin to bear the date of Israel&#039;s Independence (1948).</p><p>Those 42,500 coins were produced in less than two weeks.</p><p>Those 25 Mils Coins were minted in a garage.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Here&#039;s a photo of the obverse:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.historama.com/online-history-shop/israeli_numismatics/0010111%20a.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historama.com/online-history-shop/israeli_numismatics/0010111%20a.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>ISRAEL 1948 ALUMINUM 25 MILS - OBVERSE</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Here&#039;s a photo of the reverse:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.historama.com/online-history-shop/israeli_numismatics/0010111%20b.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historama.com/online-history-shop/israeli_numismatics/0010111%20b.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>ISRAEL 1948 ALUMINUM 25 MILS - REVERSE</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The same denomination was struck in uniface either in error or as a pattern. Some of these errors or patterns were mistakenly released into circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Here&#039;s a photo courtesy of Coin Archives:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=906821&amp;AucID=668&amp;Lot=1319&amp;Val=44a4986e1b15ee24cffbad27c8ef0181" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=906821&amp;AucID=668&amp;Lot=1319&amp;Val=44a4986e1b15ee24cffbad27c8ef0181" rel="nofollow"><b>ISRAEL 1948 ALUMINUM 25 MILS - UNIFACE ERROR OR PATTERN</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoyed this 10th Episode.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be continued...</p><p><br /></p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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