Israel 1970 State Medal (w/ships)

tbirde56

I got this boxed medal in a lot and I think it's pretty impressive. It's a 44mm, 3mm thick, silver (says Sterling 935 on rim). It commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Zim Israel Navigation Co. If anyone can read the legends or has any more info on it or a value, I'd appreciate it.

Shipcoin

Nice medal, Brad!

The rev. legend is: "Israeli Navigation Company"-in Hebrew and years, according to Hebrew calendar. The word below "25" is "years".
The obv. legend..hmmm... something poetic I guess... "And ZIM immediately we will bring up.." something like that ,"bring up" here means "like a plan into sky". Brad, please take into account that English and Hebrew are not my mother tongues, but I try to do my best..
The small text at the obv. is artist name, I suppose. I have at home local catalogue of coins and medals and I'll write you later more details about that medal.

I think I'll get , once, the bronze one piece of that type, silver seems to be expensive for me.

P.S. As for the box , usually they used Olive Tree wood, but it might be also Cherry wood.

Shipcoin

Brad, as I have promised I'm adding here some data from local catalogue:
They wrote:

Diameter: 45 mm
Weight: 47 gr.
Mintage: 6789 pieces
Price: 60 NSH (the catalogue from 1996) and I think that today it's at least double price. Today 1$=4.37 NSH, then it was , I though something about 1$=2.8 or 3 $ I don't remember exactly.

Unfortunatelly only these data there are in catalogue... Hope it will helps you..

P.S. Don't take their price as something definite, local catalogue sometimes shows very strange prices for coins..

tbirde56

THANKS! It came in a 3" x 3-1/2" white cardboard box with the mint insignia on it. The medal does only measure 44mm though.

BTW, do you, or anyone, know where I can get an inexpensive 1976 Israeli Mint Set?

Shipcoin

You can try to send E-mail to Israeli Gov. Co. of Coins and Medals, and ask them- they are the official distributor of Mint sets. Usually they not so inexpensive, but I thought that the price might be in the range: 20-30 $ if it was usual Mint set and not special issue, like Hanukka and so on issues.
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