‘Star-of-David of Love’ – numbered silver medal marking 30 years for the state of Israel, 1948-1978. Made of hallmarked silver 999. Designed by the artist Ya’akov Agam.
Obverse: wavy star-of-David.
Reverse: Menorah and the inscription ‘Chalom, Shalom’ (Dream, Peace). Signed ‘Agam.’
Circumference: Silver 999 and the medal no., 1119.
Weight: 100 grams. Diameter: 6 cm. Very fine condition
The collection includes:
Four medium-sized albums which contain 2000 postmarked Israeli stamps without edges.
Approximately 200 first day covers of Israeli stamps.
Approximately 150 JNF stamps, including about 70 from the period of the mandate and the establishment of the state.
Approximately 2000 foreign stamps, divided into three medium-sized albums and 150 envelopes which each contain stamps from an individual country = over 170 countries!! The stamps are from the late 19th century through the present. Some of the countries are: Iran, Fiji, Uzbekistan, USA, Estonia, Algeria, Italy, Uganda, UN, Austria, Ukraine, Antarctic Region, Australia, Indonesia, Indiana, Ireland, Albania, Angola, Antigua, Netherlands Antilles, Ecuador, Argentina, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Bavaria, Boronodi, Burkina Faso, Upper Volta, Belgium, Belarus, Bangladesh, Brazil, USSR, Gabon, Guatemala, Spanish Guinea, Jaifor=India, Jamaica, Germany – Nazi Germany, Dhubai, Dominican Republic, South Africa, Comoro Islands, the Netherlands, Hungary, Honduras, Vietnam, Venezuela, Vatican, Zaire [now Congo], Zimbabwe, Togo, Tajikistan, Tasmania, Trinidad, Greece, Libya, Luxembourg, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Mauritania, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mali, Siam, San Marino, Serbia, Sarajevo, Ceylon, Chad, Czechoslovakia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Kenya, Cyprus, Rhodesia, Thailand, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Oman, Qatar, Afghanistan, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah, Pakistan, UAE, Bahrain, Lebanon, Egypt and many more…
And also many unsorted stamps, and a few USA envelopes.
The collection was not thoroughly examined, there may be rare and uncommon stamps.
Overall condition: Fine-very fine.
There are possibly a very small amount of doubles.
* Five Israeli lirahs, Bank Leumi series, moderate-fine condition. * One Israeli lirah, Bank Leumi series, very fine condition.
[2] banknotes with a value of one Israeli lirah, Bank Leumi L’Yisrael series, issued in 1952. Very fine condition, fold mark at center.
3 banknotes with a face value of 500 perutah. Overall very fine condition.
Pure silver medal. One side is imprinted with Ya’akov struggling with the angel, and the other side is inscribed: “Thy Name Shall Be Called… Israel, Genesis 32:29” with the emblem of the State of Israel. .9999 silver. Diameter 51 mm. 86 grams. Fine condition.
Silver medal on the occasion of the birth of renowned painter Reuven Rubin. One side bears an imprint of his work depicting a laborer picking fruits from a tree. The second side bears an engraving of his portrait and his signature. .999 silver. 100 grams. Very fine condition.
Engraving apparently prepared as a test run of a new banknote for one Palestinian pound on behalf of the Anglo-Palestine Bank. Interestingly, the four digits in the corner of the banknote are in Arabic numerals, and the banknote contains no Hebrew writing at all, only English and Arabic. 5×10.5 cm, the engraving is affixed to a wooden block. Moderate-fine condition, white stains on the engraving.
All the coins issued during the British Mandate in Palestine. 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Mils, within a limited edition album, by Dansco, United States. 59 coins within a collector’s album, with captions noting their year of issue.
Album within a slipcase. Very fine condition.
Complete set, 59 coins. XF-UNC.
7 banknotes from the Theresienstadt Ghetto with the values: 1, 2, 5, 20, 50, 100 Kronen.
3 banknotes from the Litzmannstadt Ghetto with the values: 1, 5 Mark. 50 Pfennig.
New condition.
Five banknotes of liras, “Nofim” series, Bank of Israel, 1955, ranked PMG 50-55.
[1] Five hundred prutah, “The ruins of the synagogue in Baram, ” 1955. PMG 55 About Uncirculated.
[1] One Israeli Lirah, “Scenery in the Upper Galilee” 1955. PMG 55 About Unirculated.
[1] Five Israeli Lirah, “Scenery in the Negev, ” 1955. PMG 50 About Uncirculated.
[1] Ten Israeli Lirah, “Scenery in the Jezreel Valley, ” 1955. PMG 53 About Uncirculated.
[1] Fifty Israeli Lirah, “Derech Yerushalayim, ” 1955. PMG 55 About Uncirculated.
[2] Legal proposal for currency, Eshkol, 50 and 100 pruta.[12] Israeli lira, 1950s-70s. 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 lira notes.[9] Shekels, 1970s-80s. 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10000 notes.[5] New Israel Shekel, 1980s-90s: 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 notes.
All in new condition.
59 mm. 118 grams.
Obverse: planet earth and a missile sent from Israel into outer space with the Hebrew verse דרך כוכב מיעקב. Reverse: Emblem of Israel and a blank space for the name of the important personage who received the medal. Signature of Prime Minister David Ben Gurion on the bottom. 560 coins were issued, refer to
Numismatica Catalog 19, p. 224.
Very fine condition.
A varied collection of approximately 720 silver coins and medals from Israel and from all over the world, from the years 1879 to 2008 in four albums. The collection was accumulated by a single collector over five decades.
The total weight of the collection is approximately 9 kilograms.
Album 1:
[87] silver coins and medals from Israel from the years 1960 to 2000. Includes the Balfour Medal – Paul Vincze, Einstein [1979], Shalom Mitzrayim [1979] and Batei Zikuk and more.
Album 2:
[101] silver coins (9 of them nickel) from all over the world, from the years 1941 to 1994, most of them from Poland and additional ones from England, Romania, Mexico, Canada, Holland and France.
Album 3:
[261] silver coins and medals (5 of them nickel) from all over the world, from the years 1879 to 1983, including a large collection of American coins and additional ones from Austria, Italy, Belgium and Hungary.
Album 4:
[271] silver coins (7 of them nickel) from Europe from the years 1917 to 2008, including a large collection from Germany as well as coins from Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden.
The collection is in fine general condition, VF- XF+.
Five silver medals relating to Chevron, Chabad and prayer. Limited editions. United States and Israel.
[2] pure silver tablets 999. Together weigh about 127 grams, 32×57 mm. With shofar and prayer with artistic work, numbered, issued by the Judaic Heritage Society, United states. [2] silver medals 935. Together weigh about 61 grams, diameter of 35 mm. The Ten Commandments (1978) and the 70th anniversary of the Chabad Yeshivat Torat Emet in Chevron-Jerusalem (1982).[1] large medal, 59 mm, ” 400 silver shekels, the re-establishment of the Jewish community in Chevron, ” not silver.
[1] silver coin, 19 grams, 35 mm. Obverse: Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser. Reverse: Einweihung Der Erloserkirche.[1] silver coin. 17 grams. 33 mm. Obverse: Wilhelm II Deutscher Kaiser. Reverse: Das Heilege Grab.[1] silver coin, 15 grams. 35 mm. Gedenkthaler, Augusta Victoria.
In 1898, Emperor Wilhelm II made a historic visit to Palestine together with his wife Augusta Victoria. When they reached Jaffa Gate, they were met by a procession of hundreds of people. During this visit, which made a strong impression on Jerusalem, the emperor laid the cornerstone for the Augusta Victoria complex on Mt. Scopus and donated money to the Bikur Cholim Hospital. These silver coins were issued in honor of his visit.
Fine to very fine condition.
Obv. : Cup with rim surrounded by Paleo-Hebrew inscription
(“shekel of Israel”). Above the cup, the date
(abbreviation of year two of the uprising).
Rev. : Stem with three pomegranates surrounded by inscription
(“holy Jerusalem”). Can be improved by cleaning.
Impressive bronze medal with the image of Prof. Albert Einstein.
Obverse: Relief of bust of Albert Einstein, with text “A. Einstein 1 Centenario.”
Reverse: Famed formula of the theory of relativity: E=mc2 and other formulas. With text “A. Einstein 1879-1955.”
In the margins: No. 451
Diameter: 8 cm.
Weight: 218 grams.
Fine condition.
Impressive bronze medallion with the image of Sigmund Freud – father of psychoanalysis [1856-1939].
Obverse: Relief portrait of Freud in his early years, inscribed: Sigmund Freud 1856-1939.
Reverse: Relief of an eagle and leaves, inscribed: Sigmund Freud the Founder of the Psychoanalytic Movement.
Stamps in the margins: Bronze; Heritage Mint N. Y. C.
Diameter: 7.5 cm. Weight: 298 g.
Fine condition.
Bronze medal in the memory of the Jews of Poland. Designed by Natan Karp.
Obverse: “Yehadut Polin” in the form of shattered gravestones with a city burning in the background, a menorah and a refugee escaping – symbolizing the destruction. The upper section, along the circumference has the text, [in Hebrew] “and I saw you weltering in your blood” with the source [Ezekiel 16,6]. The bottom has the English text and source.
Reverse: A Jewish village in Poland in Chagall style. On the right, the fleeing refuge symbolizing the wandering Jew. His eastern direction connotes his yearning for the Land of Israel. The upper section bears Hebrew text, with English at the bottom – “In Memory of Polish Jewry.”
Circumference: emblem of the State of Israel, “State of Israel” in Hebrew and English and the Medal number, 389, on the left.
Very fine condition.
Bronze medal with bust of Emperor Nikolai II- Russia, c. 1912. Reverse: Emblem of the Russian Empire.
Diameter: 4 cm.
The medal is in its original case with a copper latch.
VF-XF
Gold-plated bronze medallion which was released in honor of the liberation of Jerusalem, June 7, 1967.
Obverse: The faces of Moshe Dayan and Yitzhak Rabin in combat helmets against the backdrop of the Western Wall.
Reverse: An IDF soldier against the backdrop of the Western Wall, and the inscription the liberation of Jerusalem 7.6.1967.
Circumference: 59 mm.
The gold plate is slightly chipped. Fine condition.
Bronze medallion marking the renewal of Jewish settlement in Samaria designed by Mordechai Bar-Katz, Beit El. Issued in 1985.
Obverse: View of the Jewish settlement in Samaria and the number 10, integrated with arrows symbolizing the development drive. Inscription in Hebrew and English: ‘Renewal of Jewish Settlement in Samaria’ and the dates 1975-1985.
Reverse: Ancient olive tree, and the verse from Jeremiah 31 in Hebrew with stylized letters “You will yet plant vineyards in the mountains of Samaria.”
Circumference: Emblem of the state and the words ‘State of Israel’ in Hebrew and English.
During Chanukah 5736, December 1975, Israel’s government authorized the Elon Moreh gar’in [small group of people planning a settlement] in ancient Kadum, today’s “Kedumim” settlement.
Additional settlements were established in Samaria and the Binyamin region following the establishment of “Kedumim.” Today they number over 120 settlements in which about 60,000 people reside. A network of roads, water, electricity and telephones cross the length and breadth of Samaria. It has thriving industrial plants (including science-based industry), educational institutions from nursery and schools through seminaries, yeshivas and colleges.
Diameter: 59 mm.
Fine condition.
Chavatzelet , Mevasseret Tziyon , weekly periodical to inform a Jew everything he wants to know, by Yisrael Dov Frumkin, Jerusalem, 13 Nissan 1899. There are 2 Ottoman postage stamps stuck on the first page, as well as a postmark.
Fine-very fine condition. Faded postmark, only partially visible.
