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Israel 1968 10 Lirot with Temple facade as appeared on Bar Kochba silver tetradrachm

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Second Jewish Revolt against Romans 132-135 CE includes a wonderful series of various designs in bronze and silver ancient coins struck under Simon Bar Kochba's leadership until he was killed at Beitar massacre in 135CE at the time of Emperor Hadrian. ~2000 years later, the State of Israel issued a marvelous silver and gold commemorative coin in 1968, just one year after the Six Day War when Jerusalem was reunified. The silver coin is more attractive than the gold. It's a hefty, concave planchet, with great designs: The temple facade on obverse, and panaroma of Jerusalem on reverse. This one is delicately toned, and top pop PR68, mintage of 20,494.

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  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like that one too ! 😀

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  • atomatom Posts: 438 ✭✭✭✭

    @bidask said:
    I like that one too ! 😀

    I'm guessing you collect Israel coins too...

  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @atom said:

    @bidask said:
    I like that one too ! 😀

    I'm guessing you collect Israel coins too...

    I do collect Israel. Talk about history !😄

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • atomatom Posts: 438 ✭✭✭✭

    @bidask said:

    @atom said:

    @bidask said:
    I like that one too ! 😀

    I'm guessing you collect Israel coins too...

    I do collect Israel. Talk about history !😄

    shows us your favs!

  • WCCWCC Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would like to own one from the First Jewish Revolt but I don't buy coins in the price range for the quality I will accept.

  • atomatom Posts: 438 ✭✭✭✭

    @WCC said:
    I would like to own one from the First Jewish Revolt but I don't buy coins in the price range for the quality I will accept.

    I have found electrotypes to be a good alternative. They have the identical appearance, are collected in their own right, and are available at a fraction of the cost. Here's an example of year 4 First Revolt Shekel. Looks like the real thing!

  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 23, 2021 1:53PM

    Bot this one recently

    I'm guessing you collect Israel coins too...

    I do collect Israel. Talk about history !😄

    shows us your favs!

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Moses and the Ten Commandments
    Low mintage

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  • atomatom Posts: 438 ✭✭✭✭

    Moses was the first person to get data from the cloud using a tablet.

  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @atom said:
    Moses was the first person to get data from the cloud using a tablet.

    ;)

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
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  • atomatom Posts: 438 ✭✭✭✭

    @bidask said:
    Bot this one recently

    I'm guessing you collect Israel coins too...

    I do collect Israel. Talk about history !😄

    shows us your favs!

    here's my two examples; in Proof:
    I like the toning...

    and BU:

  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 26, 2021 8:09PM

    Love the toning on those !

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭


    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • atomatom Posts: 438 ✭✭✭✭

    You are an aficionado when it comes to israel coins!
    The scarcest (historically speaking) and in desirable grades.

  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have traveled there 6 times .

    Wonderful country and so much to learn !

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • atomatom Posts: 438 ✭✭✭✭

    @bidask said:
    I have traveled there 6 times .

    Wonderful country and so much to learn !

    Absolutely
    I often wonder why it is that the population doesn't have a keen interest in their own coinage

  • CocoinutCocoinut Posts: 2,514 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've always liked the silver Israeli coins from the 1960's and 1970's, with their bold, modernistic designs on concave planchets. The luster is usually outstanding, and the mintages are fairly low. Strangely, they don't seem to enjoy the popularity they once had. Here are my favorites. The coins are encapsulated in Kointains, which made them tricky to photograph.

    First, the 1963 Seafaring

    The 1967 Eilat, my personal favorite. I have several of these; all have booming white luster, except this one.

    Here's a 1968 Jerusalem proof, similar to the OP's coin

    Another one that I like

    Countdown to completion of my Mercury Set: 1 coin. My growing Lincoln Set: Finally completed!
  • atomatom Posts: 438 ✭✭✭✭

    Really nice coins!

  • ColonelKlinckColonelKlinck Posts: 375 ✭✭✭

    Just got this back from grading

  • ColonelKlinckColonelKlinck Posts: 375 ✭✭✭

    And these...


  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like them !😊

    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • atomatom Posts: 438 ✭✭✭✭

    @bidask said:
    I like them !😊

    It's a pretty neat design of Tower of Babel. Not sure I understand why they would chose to commemorate this biblical era event of a generation's defiance and war against God.

  • ColonelKlinckColonelKlinck Posts: 375 ✭✭✭

    Here are a couple more...


  • John ConduittJohn Conduitt Posts: 427 ✭✭✭

    Here's a bronze Bar Kochba, not quite as expensive as the silver...

    Bar Kochba Revolt Small Bronze, 132-3

    17.5mm, 5.9g. Grape bunch on tendril, שנת אחת לגאלת ישראל, year one of the redemption of Israel. 7-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates, כ ה זנ רה א לע, ELAZAR HaKOHEN (Eleazar the Priest) (Hendin 1380). Probably struck over a Roman coin.

    This is a coin of Hadrian, perhaps celebrating victory over the rebels:

    Hadrian Denarius, 136

    Rome. Silver, 3.1g. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P. VICTORIA AVG (RIC 2239). Nemesis-Victory represents victory as divine vengeance for excess, a warning to rebels. She spits on her chest to avert evil influences, and encourage self-restraint in victory. Go too far and Nemesis could bring you loss and suffering as retribution.

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