1954 Israeli 50 Prutuah

Options
gashmios
gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
in World & Ancient Coins Forum

I just like this coin:



ANACS graded it at MS62. I've always felt it to be slightly under graded. I think it is too clean for a 62. A friend suggested it is AU. I don't see wear on the coin. But others might and if they can point it out, it would be educational.

So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998

Comments

  • HoledandCreative
    HoledandCreative Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Options

    The coin looks like it had been in circulation for a while. The fields on both sides show quite a bit of circulation.

  • 1984worldcoins
    1984worldcoins Posts: 774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Options

    It seems circulated, but , besides that, is there a die crack between the leefs, on the reverse, in the lower part?

  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    edited February 14, 2026 11:44PM
    Options

    @1984worldcoins said:
    It seems circulated, but , besides that, is there a die crack between the leefs, on the reverse, in the lower part?

    I don't think it was circulated, but I am not an expert on these coins and I would not know where to look. But yes, I think there might be a die crack under the date... I'll pull out the original coin tomorrow and look.
    This one here has a SIMILAR die crack and it is in India
    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/examples/pictures/68377ede8a4f2.jpg

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    It is interesting from this yeah there is a KM# 13.2 and a KM# 13.2.a and the only real way to tell the difference is by the magnetic properties and the weight of the coins. I think the KM# 13.2a 50 Prutah is slightly lighter (so much for soda machines) at 5.00 g. and made from Nickel Clad Steel which is magnetic?

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    @mrbrklyn said:
    It is interesting from this yeah there is a KM# 13.2 and a KM# 13.2.a and the only real way to tell the difference is by the magnetic properties and the weight of the coins. I think the KM# 13.2a 50 Prutah is slightly lighter (so much for soda machines) at 5.00 g. and made from Nickel Clad Steel which is magnetic?

    Mine would be the lighter variety which is magnetic, which I only know because ANACS says so :)

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    @HoledandCreative said:
    The coin looks like it had been in circulation for a while. The fields on both sides show quite a bit of circulation.

    You say what with a great deal of certainty and I doubt you :) I would like to know how you see the wear, though.

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    I am looking to see if there is anything like a 1954 Mint set from Israel, but I don't see anything.

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • 1984worldcoins
    1984worldcoins Posts: 774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Options

    The first is yours , the second one i found that seems uncirculated (altough photos taken with different lights):

  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Options

    Nice coin. I’m not into Israeli stuff, but it’s attractive.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    @1984worldcoins said:
    The first is yours , the second one i found that seems uncirculated (altough photos taken with different lights):

    Where the Yud and Shin is? I thought that was weakness in the strike FWIW.

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    @lordmarcovan said:
    Nice coin. I’m not into Israeli stuff, but it’s attractive.

    they do two things well with these coins:

    A) They lift many of the designs, this one for example, from the Bar Kofka coinage

    Secondly, the keep the design clean and simple, which is an excellent choice for coin design.

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • Samets
    Samets Posts: 413 ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 16, 2026 12:22PM
    Options

    I recently picked up this 1949 mint set. 2nd year of the state and a harder year to track down.
    Although the set is missing the 250 and 500 Pruta coins. (I'm not sure if they were ever part of this set...)

  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    with one proof :)

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • Samets
    Samets Posts: 413 ✭✭✭✭
    Options

    @mrbrklyn said:
    with one proof :)

    Yeah, I don't know what sense that made.

  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    edited February 16, 2026 12:49PM
    Options

    @Samets said:

    @mrbrklyn said:
    with one proof :)

    Yeah, I don't know what sense that made.

    It made no sense. They were completely winging it back then. In fact, they are still winging it. Living in Israel is like a 24/7 - circus. :) During the Purim holiday, last year in Tzfat, they fired missles over the boarder. But we had no safe house so we danced and sang louder...

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vea1FWbKFGQ&list=PLvfUGFA8D5RkNjnem7JTfJvBUr58mNtFV&index=50

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • Samets
    Samets Posts: 413 ✭✭✭✭
    Options

    @mrbrklyn said:

    @Samets said:

    @mrbrklyn said:
    with one proof :)

    Yeah, I don't know what sense that made.

    It made no sense. They were completely winging it back then. In fact, they are still winging it. Living in Israel is like a 24/7 - circus. :) During the Purim holiday, last year in Tzfat, they fired missles over the boarder. But we had no safe house so we danced and sang louder...

    I have friends living in Ashkelon and they tell me that if it's their time... They sit on the balcony and watch the rockets fly by...

    Not a lifestyle I can comprehend but they adapted...

    To keep this on point, how is the numismatic scene in Israel?
    I'm still looking for a nice 500 Prutah from 1949 to complete the set. Interestingly, I bought that set when I randomly won a 250 Prutah already slabbed by PCGS on eBay for next to nothing.

  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    I never see coins in Israel accept in Yirusaliem in the Manallia Mass where they sell gold releases and such. I live most of the year in NYC, FWI. I sort have stumbled into the Iraeli Coins. What you do find around the country is anceints. They are very proud of their anceints collections, both Arabs and Jews love biblical aged coinage.

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
  • HoledandCreative
    HoledandCreative Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Options

    @mrbrklyn Just my opinion of the coin in the pictures.

  • Samets
    Samets Posts: 413 ✭✭✭✭
    Options

    @mrbrklyn said:
    I never see coins in Israel accept in Yirusaliem in the Manallia Mass where they sell gold releases and such. I live most of the year in NYC, FWI. I sort have stumbled into the Iraeli Coins. What you do find around the country is anceints. They are very proud of their anceints collections, both Arabs and Jews love biblical aged coinage.

    Gotcha! I own exactly 1 ancient coin. Nothing special but cool to hold and imagine that it circulated at the same time as Jesus was alive. A decent Widows mite that was thrown in as part of a large deal...

  • gashmios
    gashmios Posts: 504 ✭✭✭
    Options

    @Samets said:

    @mrbrklyn said:
    I never see coins in Israel accept in Yirusaliem in the Manallia Mass where they sell gold releases and such. I live most of the year in NYC, FWI. I sort have stumbled into the Iraeli Coins. What you do find around the country is anceints. They are very proud of their anceints collections, both Arabs and Jews love biblical aged coinage.

    Gotcha! I own exactly 1 ancient coin. Nothing special but cool to hold and imagine that it circulated at the same time as Jesus was alive. A decent Widows mite that was thrown in as part of a large deal...

    It always starts with just one...

    These guys are NYINC have a table every year with bags and bags of low level ancient coins, and especially Prutahs and people spend hours and hours pouring over them looking for their special gem. :)

    So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998

Categories