What countries do you dislike/not collect?

Agree, quintessential examples of the original point I was trying to make about how lame most of their coins are. Although at least the bimetal piece does depart from the usual Israeli proclivity for wide open expanses of field that occupy 80% of the coin's surface on most of their coinage.

 

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Here in the euro area we sometimes make fun about the different approaches when it comes to coin design. The Austrian Mint for example will almost always fill every square millimeter of each side, with the Finnish Mint will often leave parts of the obverse and reverse empty. Horror Vacui vs Open Space.

Christian

 

Agree 100% with your observation. The big difference between the Finns and the Israeli coinage being the quality of the design implemented. This is especially true when comparing coinage from these two countries struck in the 1960s. The Finns had some wonderful designs that utilized incuse design elements, while the Israeli coinage was just the most banal pedestrian looking stuff imaginable.