Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Two Gold Medals - Tenth Anniversary of the Bank of Israel / Rothschild Medal
Opening: $1,100
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
1. Gold medal, minted to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Bank of Israel 1954-1964.
Obverse: State emblem, Fifty Israeli Lirot and the year: "1964".
Reverse: two cornucopias, inscribed "Ten Years to the Bank of Israel". Diameter: 27 mm, weight: 13.34 grams.
2. Gold medal, state commemorative medal, 1965, in honor of the Rothschild family.
Obverse: two medallions, portraits of Baron Rothschild and his son James, inscribed "Edmund de Rothschild father of the Yishuv and his son James who gave the Knesset its home" with translation into English.
Reverse: three groups of figures symbolizing the main enterprises of the Rothschild family in Israel and above them - the Knesset. Signed by the artist P. Vincze in Hebrew and in English. Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 30 grams.
Obverse: State emblem, Fifty Israeli Lirot and the year: "1964".
Reverse: two cornucopias, inscribed "Ten Years to the Bank of Israel". Diameter: 27 mm, weight: 13.34 grams.
2. Gold medal, state commemorative medal, 1965, in honor of the Rothschild family.
Obverse: two medallions, portraits of Baron Rothschild and his son James, inscribed "Edmund de Rothschild father of the Yishuv and his son James who gave the Knesset its home" with translation into English.
Reverse: three groups of figures symbolizing the main enterprises of the Rothschild family in Israel and above them - the Knesset. Signed by the artist P. Vincze in Hebrew and in English. Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 30 grams.
Ephemera, Numismatics and Objects
Ephemera, Numismatics and Objects