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Sale 44
Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction
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Lot 5176 |
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Misc., Lot of 16 Privately Issued Bronze Medals, 59mm. A few are silver or gold colored. Included are: Menachem Begin, Ministry of Construction & Housing, John F. Kennedy Memorial, Operation Jonathan (Entebbe Rescue), Yitzhak Navon, etc. 2 of the 16 medals are pictured. Extremely Fine to Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $100 - 115.
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$115 |
Lot 5177 |
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Municipalities, etc., Lot of 18 Privately Issued Bronze Medals, 45mm. A diverse group made in Israel for use as presentation pieces or for sale to the public. Issued by Tel Aviv-Yaffo Municipality, B'nai B'rith, Israel Museum, Tel-Aviv International Trade Fair, Parachutists Organization, Haifa, Bydgoska Olympiad 1985, Municipality of Ashdod, etc. Extremely Fine to Uncirculated, some toned.
Estimated Value $75 - 85.
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$92 |
Lot 5178 |
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Misc., Lot of 37 Privately Issued Copper-Nickel & Silver Medals, 35-39mm. Highlights include John F. Kennedy Memorial in Jerusalem, Neu Synagogue in Berlin, Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn, 10th Maccabiah, Vatican Recognizes Israel (900 silver), Ghetto Fighters House, 100 Years Petah Tiqva, The Great 2000 Jubilee (4 pieces), 70th Anniversary of Clandestine Immigration (925 silver, State Medal), Ingathering of the Exiles by Paul Vincze, Judaea Capta - Freedom in Israel by Paul Vincze, etc. 2 of the 37 medals are pictured. Almost Uncirculated to Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $120 - 140.
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$196 |
Lot 5179 |
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Misc. Lot of 5 Judaica Silver and Bronze Medals. Includes 35 gm, 835 fine silver, 1973 issue of a modern bullion piece with the appearance of a 17th century Portugaloser, including the Hebrew letters for Jehovah in the sky above the city. Also large bronze medal inscribed "Megolte Oket A Gyulolet--Orizze Emlekuket A Szeretet 1944-1984" and Hebrew letters yud - vav - bet - vav - resh and design of people lined up preparing to board a box car; one woman is wearing a Star of David. Plus silver-plated Italian ORT medal engraved with name "M. Goldstein" on back; and Russian medal with portrait of Alexander Goldenveizer 1875-1961 and piano; and a small brass medal with a scene from camping grounds, inscribed "Zora, Israel, 1976" and Judischer Nationalfonds Bundesrepublik Deutschland." All Uncirculated except ORT medal is Very Fine (PCGS # 7) .
Estimated Value $75 - 100.
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$75 |
Lot 5180 |
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Misc., Lot of 24 Privately Issued Bronze Medals, 27-40mm. A diversified group that may include a few State Medals: "Israel One People One Heart," Hadassah National Convention (1978), Israel Numismatic Society (1965), Hanukka, "A Jubilee for You" (3 pieces), Federation of Women Zionists of Great Britain & Ireland, etc. Very Fine to Extremely Fine, some cleaned.
Estimated Value $75 - 85.
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$98 |
Lot 5181 |
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Pidyon Haben, Postage Stamps, etc., Interesting Lot of 10 Pieces. Includes 5 piece silver "Sela" Pidyon Haben set, each 20 gm, 925 fine; set of 3 Israel postage stamps with tabs in "silver" (metal & fineness not indicated), copper-nickel Bar Mitzvah medal in original folder, and Israel 20th Anniversary Souvenir Set of 4 mini-medals and 2 stamps. 2 of the 10 pieces are pictured. Uncirculated, with hairlines on Pidyon Haben pieces.
Estimated Value $100 - 120.
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$86 |
Lot 5182 |
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Second Zionist Congress, Bronze Medal, c. 1898, 61mm. An important medal designed by Samuel Beer, a Czech Jewish sculptor who was a friend of Herzl. Hebrew inscription: "Behold I will take the people of Israel from the nations and bring them to their own land." Interesting early cast copy. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $50 - 75.
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$115 |
Lot 5183 |
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Genesis & Exodus, Lot of 2 Medals, 56mm (Silver) & 60mm (Bronze). Genesis medal features the first word in the Bible "Bereshet" (In the beginning) in Hebrew; the exceptional design depicts the transformation of the formless earth into the waters and firmament. The Exodus medal is 197 gm.999 fine, serial number 31 on edge, inscribed "And they Wandered." Outstanding and rare works of medallic art by Brian Watkins. Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated, shiny portion of Genesis medal has been polished.
Estimated Value $125 - 150.
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$75 |
Lot 5184 |
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Bible, Lot of 4, Medal (63mm) by Nat Sobel and 3 (50mm) by Karen Worth et al, Bronze. Nat Sobel's medal features Abraham's face formed by an Israeli and a Palestinian, inscribed "And patriarch Abraham had two sons, the elder Ishmael and the younger Isaac" plus the word "Peace" in dozens of languages. Karen Worth's medals depicts Israel battling an angel. Two others picture the spies returning from the Holy Land, and David & Goliath. 2 of the 4 medals are pictured. Almost Uncirculated to Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $45 - 55.
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$26 |
Lot 5185 |
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Bible, Lot of 4, 12 Tribes of Israel, Silver Medals, 50mm. Issued by the Israel Commemorative Society in 1973 (Naphtali and Gad by Dali, each 70 gm, 999 fine), and in 1976 (Jeremiah and Micah, each 79 gm, 925 fine). 2 of the 4 medals are pictured. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $120 - 140.
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$150 |
Lot 5186 |
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Bible, Lot of 4 Silver and 11 Bronze Medals, 41-44mm. High relief 12 Tribes of Israel medals by Elizabeth Weistrop: Bronze - Gad, Judah, Naphtali, Zebulun, Reuben, Asher; .999 fine Silver (with flecks of carbon) - Benjamin, Dan. Plus 5 proofs from the Franklin Mint, etc. Extremely Fine to Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $45 - 55.
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$127 |
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