Israel (1955) 100 pruta
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This specimen was lot 38886 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "ISRAEL. Mint Error -- Partial Collar -- 100 Pruta, JE 5715 (1955). NGC MS-61." This type was struck in England in 1949 and at Tel Aviv in 1955. It was accompanied by one pruta (KM 9), 5 pruta (KM 10), 10 pruta (KM 11), 25 pruta (KM 12), 50 pruta, 250 pruta (KM 15) and 500 pruta. Both dates are worthless. Rapid inflation destroyed the value of this series and the coinage was reformed in 1960.
Recorded mintage: 5,867,674.
Specification: 11.3 g, copper-nickel, 28.5 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-14.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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