Israel (1961) agora

Steve Album sale 30, lot 869

This specimen was lot 869 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $340.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ISRAEL: 1 agora, JE5721 (1961), only 2 examples known, PCGS graded Specimen-63, RRRR, ex King's Norton Mint Collection. Tied with only other known specimen for highest graded!" Rapid inflation destroyed the value of the 1949 series and the coinage was reformed in 1960 to 100 agorot = one lira. This type was minted in large numbers 1960-80. Large and wide date varieties exist for 1961.

Recorded mintage: 19,262,000.

Specification: 1.03 g, aluminum, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-24.1.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• JE5720 (1960) agora
• JE5721 (1961) 10 agorot
• JE5721 (1961) half lira, feast of Purim
• 1961 5 lirot, 13th anniversary of independence, bar mitzvah
• 1962 50 lirot, death of Chaim Weizmann
• 1962 100 lirot, death of Chaim Weizmann
• JE 5723 (1963) 5 agorot
• JE 5724 (1963) 5 lirot
• JE 5730 (1970) agora
• Coins and currency dated 1961