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Does anyone know where this coin is from?

Hello! I have a few coins that I've collected over the years and know where all of them are from except one. Can anyone help with identifying it? Thanks in advance!


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  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭✭

    Isreal

    Gene

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  • JesseKraftJesseKraft Posts: 414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    אני מסכים

    Jesse C. Kraft, Ph.D.
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  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Israel. Or to better transliterate, Yisroel. The word under the 1 is shalom.

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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,954 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,571 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And only hold coins by the edges....

  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is in the design and style of an Israeli 1 agorah coin from the 1960s, but it is not in fact a coin; it is a privately produced medal, or perhaps a token. Instead of "1 agorah" with the date, it simply says "1 shalom" and no date. I have seen them posted on the forums before but I don't think I ever saw a definitive reason for their existence. "Shalom" is not just a Hebrew greeting, it literally means "peace"; it is possible it was made and distributed for the 1979 Peace Treaty with Egypt.

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