1958 5 Lirot Menorah

Zohar

Added this nicely toned piece to the Israel set. I believe it to be the finest known. Simple design celebrating Israel's 10th anniversary.

mumu

Nice coin. What is the mm size on that piece?

Zohar

I believe 37mm.

marcmoish

yup that's one of my old time favorites - great grade - its been years since I collected these - BS (BeforeSlabs)again, I ask why oh why are they holdering the reverse as the obverse?

Zohar

I checked up on all of these in the catalogs and indeed it seems that the obverse is showing the Menorah. Go figure... date is on reverse?

marcmoish

hmm that is strange yup ...date and denom on reverse.. oh well , that's were the tpo's prob got the info from.
nice toning on that one also Z so you did good....again

Zohar

Thanks Marc. How is that extinct country set going?

mumu

<< <i>I checked up on all of these in the catalogs and indeed it seems that the obverse is showing the Menorah. Go figure... date is on reverse? >>



One series I collect from uruguay is mislabled obverse/reverse by the slabbing companies as well due to the rule of thumb about dates being obverse objects. I would want this holdered as you have it holdered regardless of what the official stance is.