Israel (1952) 10 pruta
This specimen was lot 868 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "ISRAEL: 10 pruta, JE5712 (1952), only 5 examples known, PCGS graded Proof 64, RRR, ex King's Norton Mint Collection. Listed as Proof on the PCGS holder and website but accurately described as a specimen strike." A full series of coinage, ranging from one to 500 pruta was issued in 1949. No more coinage was emitted until this type of 1952, which was reissued without a scalloped edge (KM 20) in 1954. Rapid inflation destroyed the value of this series and the coinage was reformed in 1960.
Recorded mintage: 26,042,000.
Specification: 1.6 g, aluminum, 24.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-17, Y-5.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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