Pre-Long Beach Auction #81

Israel. 20 Lirot, 1960. KM-30. Weight 0.2355 ounce. 100th Anniversary - Birth of Herzl. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $250 - 275

Israel. Bar Mitzvah, State Gold Medal, 1961. 15 grams. 750 fine (not indicated). 27 mm. Issued to commemorate "Thirteen Years of the State of Israel." Depicts a young man reading his Torah portion at his Bar Mitzvah. Reverse features symbols of the 12 Tribes. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $375 - 425

Israel. Set: 50 and 100 Lirot, 1962. KM-40, 41. Total weight 1.1799 ounces. On the 10th Anniversary of Independence. Death of Weizmann. Reverse: Menorah. Lot of 2 coins. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300

Israel. Liberation (Judaea Capta-Israel Liberata), State Gold Medal, 1962. 15 grams. 750. 27 mm. Features design from a Roman Judaea Capta coin issued by Vespasian in 70 CE, at the conclusion of the First Revolt, contrasting with a scene of a Jewish pioneer planting a sapling and a mother holding her baby. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $375 - 425

Israel. Terra Sancta (Holy Land), State Gold Medal, 1963. 30 grams. 917 fine. 35 mm. Commemorates Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Land. Obverse pictures the Holy Land in perspective following the style of ancient maps, with the Mediterranean Sea at the bottom. Features Biblical quote: "Love thy neighbour as thyself (Leviticus 19:18)." Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000

Israel. Masada, State Gold Medal, 1965. 15 grams. 917 fine. 27 mm. Masada was built by Jonathan the Hasmonean (Maccabee) atop a steep rocky precipice rising 450 meters above the Dead Sea. Herod added to the fortifications, and this is wear 960 fighters, women and children held out for three years following the destruction of the Temple in 70 EC. Rather than be taken as prisoners by the Romans they all chose to commit suicide. Israelis...

Israel. State Gold Medal, 1966. 29.8 grams. 916.6 fine. 35 mm. Jerusalem (Bar Kochba Coin). The only gold medal issued in the "Historic Cities Coin Medals" series. Features a replica of a Sela coin issued in Jerusalem by Bar Kochba in 133 CE, and the Holy of Holies within the Temple. Proof-Like Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000

Israel. Rothschilds (Knesset), State Gold Medal, 1966. 30 grams. 917 fine. 35 mm. By Paul Vincze. Portraits of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, who greatly assisted cultural and educational institution, and his son James, whose estate contributed to building the Knesset (Israel's Parliament). Choice Proof-Like Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000

Israel. Balfour Declaration Jubilee, State Gold Medal, 1967. 30 grams. 917 fine. 35 mm. By Paul Vincze. Portrait of Lord Arthur James Balfour, who authored the declaration issued on November 2, 1917 that was an official expression of support for the establishment of a homeland for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Choice Proof-Like Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000

Israel. Private Gold Medal, 1967. 4.2 grams. fineness not indicated. 23 mm. Moshe Dayan in a 3/4 view, facing right. Issued in the Netherlands. On the reverse a soldier kneeling within a Star of David. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $110 - 130

Israel. Six-Day-War Commemorative Medal, 1968. 18.6 grams. 916 fine. 28 mm. By Ralph J. Menconi. Struck by the Medallic Art Company, USA, in January of 1968 for The American Israel Numismatic Association to honor Israel's Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol during the Six-Day-War/ 5-10 June/ 1967. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $550 - 600

Israel. El Al (Hebrew Alphabet), State Gold Medal, 1969. 30 grams. 917 fine. 35 mm. An outstanding design by the great American graphic artist Ben Shahn. Commemorates 20th anniversary of establishing air links with Europe and Africa. Obverse features a stylized dove, and the Biblical quote: "Bring back my sons from far and my daughters from the end of the earth (Isaiah 43:6)." The 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet are shown on the...