Israel 1996 20 new sheqalim Fr-60

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24178

This specimen was lot 24178 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ISRAEL. 20 New Sheqalim, 1996. NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Yitzhak Rabin. From a mintage of only 1,949 pieces. Hard mirror fields with frosted cameo devices. Brilliant and attractive." This commemorative is a product of the Utrecht mint and is struck in 0.999 fine gold rather than the usual 0.900 fine. Massive influx of aid from the United States fueled inflation and coinage reforms in 1960, 1980 and 1985.

Recorded mintage: 1,949 proofs.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold, 1.000 ounce AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-60; KM-299.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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