Please Help ID Israel Commem

[dennis edwards]

Hi,

All I know is that this is a business strike from the "lamp" series of Israeli commems. Any help on which lamp, year, denomination, and anything else that pops to mind?

Many thanks.

[dooly]

 

 

? dont know why you picture wont post ?

[dennis edwards]

I don't know. I guess I'm over my head here in more ways than one. I thought I had posted the picture with the message, but now I see it's an attachment, not an insert to the message. When I click on the attachment, it opens up the image, but I have no idea if that's working for anyone else. If not, apologies. I'll try posting it again, but since I obviously have no idea what I'm doing, I wouldn't hold my breath.

[MunkyMan95]

Attachments show up as just that - attachments on the post. They don't get imbedded.

 

For some reason, this attachment does not seem to want to imbed.

 

[rbrown4]

Try this one. It was a bmp file needed to be changed to a jpg file

 

Rey

 

[rbrown4]

Dennis,

 

The image is on the previous message posted.

 

Can you attach a picture of the reverse of the coin, I will post it on here as well?

 

Rey

[dooly]

Well done rey I could not work it out

[gmarguli]

Lamp? Are you sure that is not a chalice commemorating the Feast of Purim?

 

It's a 1/2 Lira from 1961 or 1962.

[dennis edwards]

Thanks, Rey.

 

Here's the reverse. Let's see how this works.

[dennis edwards]

Am I sure? No. I don't even remember who told me it was a lamp commemorative, so he's now overruled. Does the reverse help you tell whether it's a '61 or'62?

 

Thanks.

[MunkyMan95]

[dooly]

thats it i have all the information now Cheers chad

 

the coin is a Commemorative coinage 1/2 Lirah copper nickel for the Feast pf purim

 

Dated JE5721 (1961) if it was a proof it would have small Hebrew letter "Mem" which looks like a letter D close to the rim on the Obv

 

There was only 20,000 minted of this coin and only 4,901 minted in Proof

 

hope this is some help

[dennis edwards]

Thanks!