2009 Israel 2 New Sheqalim

It has been six years since I found a decent Israeli coin. I have seen a few in the wild but never had a good chance to trade for one. Luckily I found one in my change as a nickel.

Like Canadian coins Israeli coins have dozens of commemorative issues and varieties. There is normal issue like the one above and a Hanukkah version for most coins. They also celebrate events and stories on their coins so some coins are difficult to read to non-native readers.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 2 New Sheqalim / Israel
Year: 2009
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Nickel Plated Steel
Value: $2.58 in XF and current exchange rates

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1995 Israel 10 New Sheqalim

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Back to the vaults with Israel. It has been four years since I last found an Israeli coin in my change. Before 2006 these coins were often found in my change here in New York City. The reason was the constant travel by tourist from and to Israel.

From 2003-2006 the sheqel became a freely convertible currency and entered a number of trading markets. Well all that means is that the sheqel is one of few types of currency that is not useless outside of its own country. So less Israeli coins were "accidentally" put into American circulation.

ישראל · ISRAEL ·התשנ"ה(1995) · إسرائيل 
10
שקלים חדשים
NEW SHEQALIM
١٠ شيقل جديد

לגאלת ציּון

The second interesting about Israeli coins is that there are so many varieties for each coin. 1995 10 New Sheqalim has seven varieties and designs. The language and lettering is a bit difficult to grasp so that increases the confusion for most sheqels, assuming Hebrew is not your native tongue.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 10 New Sheqalim / Israel
Year: 1995
Mintage: 28,224,000
Metal: Bi-Metallic: Aureate Bonded Bronze center in Nickel Bonded Steel ring
Value: $2.58 in XF and current exchange rates

Most Israeli coins were minted in South Korea so no matter what sort of instability happens in the Mid-East they would always have a fresh supply.

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Few Finds, Strange Finds

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Well it's been a while since I posted some of my recent finds. Again I blame this on low cash usage. I've been using credit cards a lot and just buying with exact change. Still I received in my change some nice finds.

A few wheat cents but I only pictured the best one below. This 1957-D cent is still red, although a little banged up. Next I found an Israeli New Sheqel from 2006. Then the last coin I found was the oldest coin I ever got from change. It's an 1890 Indian Head cent in slightly damaged condition.

Obverse and reverse.

All the wheat cents I found have been from the 1950s but finding that 118 year old cent was a fair trade-off.

I've been so busy with other things that I have not bought a coin, book, or anything numismatic related for the last couple of months. Although I'm not a big buyer I do like getting the newest books. Luckily change finds still exist even at this low rate. I've found only 5 interesting coins in 2008 last year it was only 4 by this time. I miss the old days when I found 50 or 60 every three months.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Cent/United States
Year: 1957D
Mintage: 1,051,342,000
Metal: 95% Copper, 5% Tin and Zinc
Value: $0.15 in AU-50

Type/Country: 1 New Sheqel/Israel
Year: 2006-o (From Ottawa Mint)
Mintage: Not yet known.
Metal: Nickel-Clad Steel
Value: $0.25 in VF
There is an error that has coin alignment worth $200.00 but this is not one of them.

Type/Country: 1 Cent/United States
Year: 1890
Mintage: 57,180,114
Metal: 95% Copper 5% Tin & Zinc
Value: $3.00 in G-4(This one may be lower)


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